This week I caught up with a friend of mine, Alicia, for her son’s 3rd birthday party. Alicia is 28, her husband Darren is 26 and they have two children aged 3 years and 14 months. Alicia’s husband has been on workers’ compensation after an injury at work, and she has just stopped working, as [...]

“Saving for a rainy day” – I just love this old saying, don’t you? It is one of those sayings that seems absolutely useless when the sun is shining. When everything is going along nicely, you tend to forget the importance of it. Out of all my friends I know very few people who save, [...]

Mr Narev, the CEO of the Commonwealth Bank of Australia (CBA), when speaking to reporters after the CBA’s recent annual general meeting in Sydney referred to the fact that their customers were choosing to “accelerate repayment of debt” after recent interest rate decreases. What great news – even more people are working to reduce their [...]

Just a reminder for those of you who are thinking of placing a bet today on the races. Just think how the money that you bet could help others that are in need. If you still want to bet, then perhaps you could reduce your bet and donate the remaining dollars with a charity of [...]