Spending
Horse races and frozen Coke: What a teacher on $97,000 spends in a week
On Money Diaries this week, we meet a secondary school teacher diarist who goes for a run almost daily, shops for new bras and makes HelloFresh meals.
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How much the cost of living crunch has cost you – and what you have cut out
Two years of high inflation and rising interest rates has slashed our spending power. These charts show by how much.
- by Matt Wade
Why are more businesses charging extra to pay by card?
More businesses are now placing surcharges on all card payments, while they were previously only common on credit cards.
- by Mary Ward
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Opinion
Want to stretch money like a solo parent? Here are our 11 best hacks
You are welcome to debate me, but I believe no one stretches money like a solo parent. Here’s the best tips I’ve heard.
- by Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Croissants and egg freezing: What a consultant on $130,000 spends in a week
On Money Diaries this week, we meet a diarist with severe endometriosis and adenomyosis who spends $9796 on fertility treatments and finishes four books.
Broken phones and snacks: What a piano teacher on $40,000 spends in a week
On this week’s Money Diary, our diarist has recently dropped her phone and the touchscreen no longer works, so she makes do with a mouse and voice-to-text.
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Rich List
Read it and weep: The Forbes billionaires just got a lot richer
Billionaires now account for $US14.2 trillion of the world’s wealth. To put this into perspective, this is larger than the gross domestic product of any country other than the US and China.
- by Elizabeth Knight
Opinion
Opinion
Why you shouldn’t feel ashamed of dipping into your savings
There is no shame in the game of spending the savings you worked damn hard to attain in the first place.
- by Victoria Devine
Endless oat lattes: What a copywriter on $67,000 spends in a week
On Money Diaries this week, a copywriter gets a Brazilian wax, enjoys oysters with a friend, and drinks many oat lattes.
Handbrake on consumer spending means long tail for retail recession
As shoppers curbed their Christmas spending, accounting firm KPMG has lowered its forecast for the retail sector’s recovery.
- by Jessica Yun
Afterpay and chocolate: What a model on $45,000 spends in a week
On Money Diaries this week, a model/waitress/aspiring writer manages period pain with cranberry tablets and has plenty of cute moments with her boyfriend.