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The long lasting financial impacts of divorce for women

July 9, 2009

The following media release comes from the Australian Institute of Family Studies:
A new, long lens study of the financial impact of divorce on women and men has found that four years later, divorced women are still significantly worse off than both divorced men, and women who never divorced.
The Australian Institute of Family Studies has analysed [...]

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Young Australians: casual work and the comforts of their parents’ home

July 2, 2009

More than ever before, young Australians are living with their parents. They’re also working on a casual basis and are more likely to move across the country than any other generation. This information and more is in the latest Australian Social Trends publication from the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
Home and away
Young people are more [...]

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National Families Week: Supporting families more important than ever

May 12, 2009

The role of Australian families will be more critical than ever as the fallout from the unfolding global financial crisis continues, according to the Australian Institute of Family Studies.
Institute director Professor Alan Hayes has become an Ambassador for National Families Week, which celebrates and highlights the critical importance of families.
“Recent data from Relationships Australia shows [...]

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One in three Australians not in the labour force: ABS

March 30, 2009

One in three (33%) Australians aged 15 years and over (5.5 million people) were not in the labour force in September 2008, according to statistics released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics.
The majority (61%) of these were women (3.3 million).
Almost one-third (30%) of people not in the labour force were 70 years or over; [...]

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NSW – highest housing costs, slowest growth, says ABS snapshot

June 21, 2008

New South Wales has the highest housing costs while its economy has been growing more slowly than Australia’s, according to an annual snapshot of the state released today by the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS).
The ABS found that in 2005-06, first home buyers in NSW were spending 29% of their gross income on housing costs [...]

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We’re overweight, marrying less and buying more

August 11, 2007

According to an Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) publication released last week, we’re more likely to be overweight, less likely to marry, and consuming more goods and services. A few titbits include:

The latest figures show that around 7.4 million Australian adults (54%) were overweight or obese. This was an increase of more than 2 million [...]

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Some quirky Census facts

June 28, 2007

The ABS has recently released it’s “quirky census facts” from the 2006 Census. Having worked as a census collector, I can assure you that “quirky” doesn’t begin to cover some of what I encountered. Still, for fact junkies like myself, these might provide some interesting conversation fodder:
Locations with the highest proportion of high-income people
Canberra’s suburb [...]

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Census paints a picture of the average Australian family

June 28, 2007

The 2006 Census showed that the most common family type in Australia was a couple with children. Just over 45% of all families, or 2.4 million families, fell into this group. The Australian Capital Territory and Victoria had the highest proportions of families in this group.
Of all couple families with children, most were young families [...]

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Frugal Family: Make Lunches in Bulk. Save time. Save money.

June 16, 2007

It is astounding to me how many mothers complain about having to make lunches each morning while running late or forking out for lunch orders because they had nothing in the cupboards.
Anyone who knows me knows that I prefer the “a little organisation now saves a lot of stress later” approach to life. School [...]

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Low income households gain most from government benefits and taxes

June 13, 2007

I’m a bit of a statistics geek and today’s release from the ABS made for some interesting reading. For fact collectors like myself, here’s the latest from the Bureau:
Australia’s low income households received more cash benefits from the government than higher income households, while indirect benefits (provided in kind) were more evenly distributed, according to [...]

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Home Affordability Deteriorates Further

June 11, 2007

The Age lifestyle blogger, Alex May, recently wrote:

The great Australian dream of home ownership now takes years of saving, two good incomes and the ability to not break out in a rash when staring at the six-figure mortgage required to buy your own patch of paradise.

According to the latest Housing Industry Association affordability report, [...]

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Frugal Family: Prepackaged Play Lunches

June 10, 2007

Roll-ups, muesli bars, multi-pak chips, le snacks, fruit jelly cups and overpriced cheese sticks. No, no, no! As appealing as they may be to your kids and as convenient for you, these prepackaged snacks are going to quickly run up the grocery bill.
In a perfect world a fresh supply of fruit would always be on [...]

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New Series: The Frugal Family

June 10, 2007

Financial straight-talker Dave Ramsey tells people to “live like nobody else (now) so that you can live like nobody else (later).”
The truth is that life is filled with wealthy individuals on meagre income aswell as those households struggling despite bringing in impressive amounts of cash. In most cases, it really isn’t a matter of what [...]

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7 Tips to Help Your Kids Manage Money

June 7, 2007

Teaching your kids how to manage their money is an important skill that will help them through life.Children need to understand that money is a limited resource and does not simply “grow on trees” or materialise from holes in the wall.
FIDO has compiled a list of 7 tips for parents to help their kids manage [...]

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Parenting, Housework, Employment and Not Enough Hours in the Day

May 20, 2007

If you’re a mother who feels like she is constantly picking up after everyone else, you probably are!
According to a recent facts sheet released by the Australian Institute of Family Studies to support National Families Week 2007, mothers with a child under 5 spend an average of 23 hours a week doing housework. And it [...]

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