Savings Guide – Daily Saving Money Tips

Forbes writer Denise Appleby had an excellent article this week on retirement saving advice for 18-24 year olds. It’s not an easy sell. According to this article, young people learn financial responsibility when they take their first step of independence and move out of home. In which case, I might need to chase down some [...]

The last year of school has to be one of the more trying experiences in a young life and, what with the pressures of HSC and the hideousness of adolescence; it can be one of the more trying experiences of a parent’s life too.

You’ve just gotten your first job out of school and university, and for the first time you can afford cocktails at your local bar. The handbag you’ve always wanted is somehow now within reach, and the improvements you wanted to make to your car (i.e. a subwolfer) are a possible dream. So, you go and [...]

I left home without any money. I was just back from six months around Europe and I didn’t really have a cent to my name. I was lucky- I had a room at a relative’s house for a year, and walked straight into a job earned solely through the solid DNA that is nepotism. Regardless, [...]

Student poverty is pretty much accepted as the norm in Australian society and is a running joke in student circles.
Really it’s no laughing matter and it’s very unfortunate that those who study and live out of home can’t even afford to eat properly during exam time.

As I write this, I am sitting on the table with my two younger brothers. We’ve yet to clear away the breakfast debris but resting among the jam and used coffee cups are three Mac computers. Typing away in solidarity on a Sunday morning, to the outsider’s eyes, we must look like the epitome [...]