The inflation rate over twelve months to 30 September 2021 is 3 per cent. That's down from the previous quarter but the fact remains: inflation is up and if it stays up term deposit rates will go up as well. But will inflation stay up and will term deposit rates actually outstrip inflation if inflation does stay up? Questions economists can't answer. (pve)
The Australian Greens have proposed the creation of a ‘Federal Housing Trust’ that will construct one million homes through three types of targeted housing.
Superannuation funds have been getting away with skimming the take from compulsory employer contributions for decades, but pressure is finally being applied to start protecting consumers/workers a little bit. Fees are on the way down! (pve)
The federal Government claims new optional healthcare standards will make the Australian health sector even better but it's just seems these standards legitimise alternative medicine practices and clinics, which would have trouble meeting mandatory health standards fair-dinkum health practitioners are held to.
Data breaches are becoming increasingly common. If you have a simple or cute password you may be placing yourself in harm's way. Here are some simple tips to protect your devices and yourself.
The safer your car is the more likely you'll survive an accident. The cleaner your car's exhaust is, the more likely the planet will survive. With mounting international pressure for Australia to adopt a net zero emissions target by 2050, vehicle emissions may be an important factor to consider when purchasing a car. (lme)
Lockdown restrictions have eased in NSW for people in NSW who have had two doses of a vaccination. Find out the different ways in which you can prove your vaccination status or your medical exemption status.
The Australian Government's most recent incentive plan to increase nursing home staff seems to be so onerous that widespread take-up by registered nurses seems unlikely.
It's hard to keep up with technology when it's constantly changing and becoming increasingly expensive. However, refusing to accept advances in technology may mean you get left behind quicker than you think. (lme)
There seems to be consensus that Australia needs better, cheaper financial planners, but do we really? Or does the problem lie elsewhere? (pve)
Freedom of Information at the federal level is a joke, with half of all rejected applications, on appeal, turning out to have been rejected in error, either deliberately or accidentally but more likely deliberately. Here's a case study involving two applications.
The Parliamentary Budget Office (PBO) found that the impact of COVID-19 remains “profound and uncertain” but that the Australian economy can outgrow its debt with interest unlikely to become a large burden on the public purse. (lme)
Even though the workforce is increasingly ageing, employees are being viewed as ‘older’ at a much earlier age. It's a surprising finding of recent research.
If you have a self-managed super fund with member accounts in accumulation phase, watch out for the ATO's crack-down on non-arm's length SMSF income.
DO you ever catch yourself saying that you will never move again or that they will have to carry you out of your home in a box?
While older people as a group have the highest rate of full COVID-19 vaccination in the country, their rate of digital connectedness is much lower. At the reopening of New South Wales, they now risk being left out in the cold in the absence of workable vaccine passport alternatives.
When announcing COVID-19-related stats, officials are quick to mention if underlying health conditions played a part. Is this necessary considering more than 40 per cent of Australian adults have an underlying health condition that could worsen the impacts of a COVID-19 infection?
Low inflation has equated to low pension indexation increases in recent years. September 2021 is proving different, but will it last?
Aged care workers, residents, friends and family can now record understaffing and its consequences in their nursing home on the Aged Care Watch website, challenging the secrecy in which nursing homes operate.