A new report commissioned by Emergency Leaders for Climate Action says Australia’s fire seasons are 21 per cent longer than in 1979. It puts the cost to the economy at $6 billion a year, with most of that from harm to health and wellbeing, ahead of damaged businesses and lost homes. The modelling estimates about
Vodafone’s parent company TPG Telecom says it analysed millions of scam calls on its network between July 2025 and July 2026. It found 98 per cent of them, more than 24 million calls, came through Symbio, a little-known internet phone company owned by rival Aussie Broadband. Symbio sells Australian numbers in bulk to about 500
Capital One reported solid earnings, but one of our biggest concerns still remains. Read the original report.
Co-CEO Ted Sarandos has said the streamer needs new avenues for growth and to improve execution around its content strategy. Read the original report.
Medicare’s website makes it easy to compare plans and convenient to enroll in a new Medicare Part D Prescription Drug Plan. Read the original report.
As home prices rise, parents want to give money to their kids. Here's how to save on taxes when doing it, financial experts say. Read the original report.
Since the card surcharge ban started on 1 October, cash discounts have popped up at cafes, while some businesses have added platform or service fees to online orders. The Australian Restaurant and Cafe Association says about 10% of the industry has taken up some form of cash discount. Most are 2-5%, though some reports mention
A reader with a super balance heading towards $800,000 has asked Money magazine’s Paul Clitheroe whether she can drop the death, total and permanent disability and income protection cover her fund has been deducting for years. She is over 50, her adult children are largely independent, she has no other debt, and her husband has
Australian activewear brand Stax is trying again after collapsing earlier this year with almost $24 million in liabilities. New owners are offering up to $1.7 million in store credits to customers who never received their orders. Stax went into receivership in June and liquidation in July. A private investor group led by Justin Truong and
Shared Beginnings, a childcare operator with seven centres across Queensland, Victoria and the ACT, went into administration on Monday. Its owner, private lender Finexia Financial Group, told staff the centres had been running at a loss. All seven centres are still open and care is continuing as normal while administrators from DVT McLeods look for
The 737 Max 10, the largest model in the family, was set to start flying in 2020, but increased scrutiny and other safety issues delayed its certification. Read the original report.
Vanguard’s proxy voting program is growing fast. Evidence that greater participation changes corporate decisions is harder to find. Read the original report.
Australian businesses worried about losing their .com.au or .net.au web address can breathe a little easier. The domain regulator auDA has revised a controversial plan to overhaul its registration rules. Under the new approach, existing domain holders will keep operating under the current rules. Only people applying for new domains would face the tighter requirements.
Shares in data centre operator NextDC dropped around 40 per cent on Wednesday after the company slashed its earnings guidance, blaming delays to power upgrades for its West Footscray site in Melbourne. The ASX-listed company, one of the country’s 100 biggest, now expects net revenue of $475 million to $500 million this financial year, well
Annual prepaid mobile plans, also called 365-day or long-expiry plans, ask you to pay for the full year at once instead of month to month. According to WhistleOut’s Alex Choros, prices run from about $150 to $400 a year. The cheapest start around $150, or $12.50 a month, slightly under the cheapest comparable monthly options.
Reserve Bank deputy governor Andrew Hauser has told a Sydney investment conference that the inflation outlook is “materially worse” than the central bank had forecast, and that another rate rise could come as soon as November. Annual inflation currently sits at 4 per cent, according to the August consumer price index, well above the RBA’s
Wall Street and investors will be looking for Netflix to provide additional details about the company's strategy following recent organizational changes Read the original report.
When it comes to needing long-term care, millions of middle-income older adults are trapped. Now, policy analysts are beginning to think about middle-income seniors. Read the original report.
Financial stress is widespread. Finder’s Consumer Sentiment Tracker found three in four Australians are feeling it, almost half of renters are struggling with rent and 38% of homeowners are finding repayments hard. Women are hit harder: 82% reported some financial stress in July, versus 69% of men. Financial therapist Jane Monica-Jones says money is tied
Western Sydney International Airport opens to commercial flights on 25 October, and getting there will cost very different amounts depending on where you live and how you travel. Until the Sydney Metro airport line is finished in 2027, train passengers need to take a free shuttle bus from St Marys station, about 20km away, running
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