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Personal finance

July 2024

  • The University of Melbourne

    Australia’s $50,000 arts degree is here – putting university fees on par with the UK and US

    The Hecs/Help scheme was not designed so people making a regular wage remained in debt until death, expert says
  • Illustration of two couples with children outside a home up for sale, with differently sized piggy banks at each side

    The bank of mum and dad is making the Australian dream of home ownership come true – for some

    A quarter of June’s first-time buyers had help from their parents but many others are feeling locked out

    • How hard is it to live off cash alone? I tried for a weekend and this is what happened

      Jordyn Beazley

    • How a family was left ‘shattered’ by a Homesafe contract on their single mother’s home

    • The older Australians who regret signing over life savings to a ‘wealth release’ scheme

June 2024

  • Australian notes scattered on a table.

    Debt collection giant Panthera puts large parts of its business into administration

    A Guardian Australia investigation has revealed Panthera had circumvented blacklisting designed to stop it operating in Victoria
  • A Guzman y Gomez store in Sydney, Australia

    Guzman y Gomez storms the ASX, but can the good times really last?

    It is pitched as ‘clean food’ and the company has big ambitions, but one analyst warns ‘there’s plenty of things that can go wrong’

    • Full Story
      The destructive consequences of financial abuse – Full Story podcast

    • Four charts that prove the huge financial pressure many Australian households are under

    • How payday lenders target Australia’s most vulnerable – and the ‘whack-a-mole’ fight to crack down on them

May 2024

  • left: Karin Adams holding bowl of daffodils next to her stepfather; right: candles next to framed photo

    ‘Die now, pay later’: funerals are pushing grieving families into debt as the cost-of-living crisis hits

  • A woman using her mobile phone

    Know your rights: what to do if you receive a call from a debt collector

  • Pro-Palestine student demonstrators at La Trobe University

    Australia news live
    La Trobe University students end pro-Palestine camp – as it happened

  • Australian banknotes on a table

    Why Guardian Australia is investigating the private debt collection industry

  • Revealed: How an Australian debt collection giant dodged its own blacklisting

  • Australian home lenders accused of ignoring mortgage customers in financial distress

  • Budget 2024: robotax debts could be put on ice with ATO to be given new powers

  • The Crunch
    What makes someone rich? Find out how your income and wealth compares

  • Centrepay scandal: energy firm Origin wrongly received funds from welfare payments of former customers

  • Google Cloud accidentally deletes UniSuper’s online account due to ‘unprecedented misconfiguration’

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