Money

Here is a typical family – one or both partners earn a wage, wife takes care of day-to-day finances – she pays bills and does shopping while her partner takes care of their investment and savings.

2015 is here! I’m sure most of you have set New Year resolutions for health, relationships, work and some other things you want to achieve this year.

Do you find that every year come Christmas time, your bank account is drained? Here are the top 10 money saving tips to help you.

Women have made great strides in all fields in the last few decades.

Tasmanian brothers Simon and Shannon Vos took out the $100,000 prize at the auctions of The Block Glasshouse.

It’s one of the most commonly cited reasons for couples breaking up and something that has been known to cause years of angst in many a relationship.

A few months ago, in my first piece as your Chief Legal Columnist, I shared my top five legal tips for buying property.

Australians love to own properties, or at least the thought of it.

Finance is the domain of women as much as it is men, so it is important to take hold of the reins with all areas of your finances regardless of your sex.

Recently Women’s Agenda reported that the not for profit women’s service WIRE estimates nearly two million Australian women have been financially abused by their spouse.

Through working hard and saving effectively I managed to buy my first investment property at 19, my second at 21 and then my own home (with my husband, Tomas) at 24.

You may be aware that the average woman’s superannuation balance at retirement is $59,000, well short of the calculated $360,000 you need for a ‘modest’ retirement (or $660,000 for the preferred ‘comfortable’ retirement).