Money (Australia)

1 week ago | moneymag.com.au | Mark Chapman |Nicola Field |Ryan Johnson

As the 2025 federal election approaches, both the Labor Government and the Coalition have unveiled tax policies aimed at addressing cost-of-living pressures. Here is how they measure up. Labor's proposed tax changes for 2025As well as the existing stage three income tax cuts, which came into force on July 1, 2024, Labor's policy manifesto contains a number of proposals which aim to build on that tax cut by providing relief to low and middle-income earners.

1 week ago | moneymag.com.au | Graham Cooke |Tom Watson |Jeremy Lack |Nicola Field

In our modern, digitalised world, logins and passwords make it convenient to manage your affairs online from anywhere in the world. But it's a different story when something goes wrong. And for one Australian family, a tragedy demonstrated just how complicated our digital world can be.

1 week ago | moneymag.com.au | Nicola Field |Ryan Johnson

How to make money from the federal election, Aussie investors keep their cool through market turbulence, and time is running out to use Catch gift cards. Here are five things you may have missed this week. In case you missed it, a federal election is just around the corner. Polling day is officially May 3 - a chance to grab a democracy snag and have a say in who runs the country for the next three years.

1 week ago | moneymag.com.au | Christopher Niesche |Ryan Johnson |Ravi Sharma

Home ownership has emerged as a major battle zone in the federal election, with both parties pitching a range of measures to help first home buyers take that difficult first step into the property market. The policies mostly seek to overcome the two main hurdles to home ownership - the difficulty of saving a deposit as house prices keep rising and the difficulty of meeting loan repayments. Here's how they compare.

1 week ago | moneymag.com.au | Tom Watson |Jeremy Lack

Many will appreciate the importance of retirement planning, but getting started can feel daunting. Fortunately, technology is helping to change the game. This week on the Friends With Money podcast, Money's Tom Watson is joined by Jeremy Lack, financial adviser with TelstraSuper Financial Planning, to chat about the emerging digital tools assisting superannuation members with retirement planning.