Money
Saving
Opinion
Bills
Why Aldi food prices are cheaper than Coles or Woolworths
Food is the second-largest household bill after either a mortgage or rent, so even a 4-5 per cent increase in grocery prices can cost up to $500 extra a year.
- by Joel Gibson
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Analysis
Interest rates
Three of big four banks pass on official rate rise to savers
Australia’s biggest bank, the Commonwealth, is yet to follow the other big three in passing on the 0.25 percentage point increase in official interest rates to savers.
- by John Collett
Opinion
Spending
You can save 22¢ a litre on petrol; Here’s how
There are many discounts to cut the price of fuel at the pump. Combining some of the best deals when you fill up can save you up to 20¢ a litre.
- by Joel Gibson
Opinion
Energy prices
Kiss coal goodbye: The cheap energy days are over
After dropping for two or three years, energy prices are likely to soar because of the rising cost of coal. Here’s what you can do about it.
- by Joel Gibson
Analysis
Home loans
Life is getting more expensive, but you can still save for a home deposit
With prices for food, fuel and rents on the rise and interest rates expected to go up, it’s never been more challenging to scrape together a house deposit. Here are some good ways to start.
- by Nina Hendy
Opinion
Health insurance
‘We pretend we are single’: Five clever ways to cut the cost of health cover
With health fund hikes looming once more on April 1, can you combat price hikes and keep your cover?
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Budgeting
Forget the fillers and plump your finances
Our obsession with looking good is today so expensive, extensive and sometimes inexhaustible, that it can chip away at our financial security. Over just a few years, it is easy to inject the equivalent of a house deposit.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Opinion
Shopping
Is Costco really cheaper than Woolies? Let’s find out
Wheel your supersized trolley into the entrance and try not to immediately go over the top with the week’s specials from family-sized tubs of salted pretzels to 4-litre bottles of laundry detergent.
- by Jessica Irvine