Lifestyle

Home Affordability Deteriorates Further

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 ...

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Frugal Family: Prepackaged Play Lunches

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 ...

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New Series: The Frugal Family

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 ...

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7 Tips to Help Your Kids Manage Money

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 ...

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

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 ...

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Click, Print and SAVE MONEY

Shop-A-Dockets have been in Australia since 1986, and savvy shoppers have been using them since then. The great news is that you no longer need to spend a single cent at the supermarket to take advantage of the savings. Did you know you can download the vouchers and print them ...

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