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Soaring property prices, inherited wealth and fat superannuation balances are behind the forecast increase, new research says.

New research shows more than one in five are going to extreme measures to avoid delinquency.

According to auction house Osenat, Napoleon Bonaparte tried to commit suicide using the guns on April 12, 1814, after military defeat had forced him into abdication.

Australian software company Employment Hero has revealed 10 jobs that have a higher earning potential than CEOs.

The term allowed PayPal to keep fees that it had erroneously charged, if the small business involved didn't notify PayPal of the mistake within 60 days.

Apprentices across Australia could be eligible for up to $10,000 in support payments as the federal government tries to address crucial shortages in the nation's skilled workforce.

A couple who lost the pension when they won the lottery are wondering if they could have kept both?

About 40 per cent of Australians admitted they'd rather receive their relative's assets while they're still alive, according to new research.

The 3.75 per cent increase will see the national minimum wage slip over $900 a week.

Years after they were first announced, and months after they were significantly reworked, the stage 3 tax cuts are finally about to come into effect.

He will put his wealth in a new charitable trust overseen by his three children.

World Vision has back-paid more than $6 million to staff after the charity self-reported underpayments to the Fair Work Ombudsman in 2019.

First privately minted in 1967, the Aussie coins have fetched tens of thousands of dollars at auction.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has approved ANZ's $4.9 billion purchase of Suncorp's banking arm in a major step towards finalising the banking merger two years in the making.

Yeah, nah thanks - scammers are trying to mimic Australian slang to trick phone users, Telstra reckons.

Cost of living relief is on the way for thousands of low income earners across South Australia struggling to pay their water bills.

Australians have millions of dollars in free money waiting to be claimed and it takes less than a minute to find out if you are owed a share.

An Australian fund manager responsible for a portfolio worth more than $21 billion is frustrated with the lack of public support for people doing it tough but says there are certain tactics that can be used to help gain financial independence.

The winning numbers in tonight's draw 1466 were 32, 1, 30, 11, 23, 17 and 20, with a Powerball of 16.

Small businesses are hoping for a spending boost next month fuelled by tax returns starting to land in the pockets of Australians.

A new analysis of dwelling price data has painted a dire picture of the impact of rate rises on Australians' ability to pay a mortgage.

Low-income households, social housing residents and GP patients were some of the major winners with dodgy real estate agents and boaties losing out.

The ATO's number crunching revealed which postcodes have the highest average taxable incomes.

Plenty more are on the verge of joining them, too, according to a new survey.

From mining engineers to legal professionals, here are the jobs that bring in the highest pay packets.

Sharon Walsh attempted to check-in to the Holiday Inn last weekend, but was caught short when staff requested an extra $300.

The average employee does nine hours of overtime a week. Over a year, that adds up to a huge sum in unpaid work.

A Sydney woman has urged customers to check their gas and electricity bills after she was overcharged by more than 80 per cent.

Research participants were confident they could pick a scam, but 31 percent of those tested fell for one of these.

Eighty per cent of people aged 65 and over think 'their children face harder or similar financial challenges now compared with them at the same age'.

The researchers said keeping cash to hand whenever possible was the right way to spend.

Banknotes bearing the portrait of King Charles III have started to be rolled out across the UK.

Experts have urged Australians to re-examine their health insurance policies and assess their needs.

Younger Australians are set to be disproportionately affected by the changes, which will be proposed today.

A group of Australian MPs want payments with physical money to be written into law.

One of the country's leading financial institutions says hard work hasn't made older people better off than young generations.

A NSW man has remained "surprisingly" calm after he won more than $1 million in Saturday's Lotto draw.

Two groups of Australians are under the most widespread financial pressure, a new ASIC report finds.

Musk's pay package, first approved in 2018 and thrown out by a judge in January, "was considered outsized from the start".

Two women who attempted to steal $83,000 from the retirement savings of strangers by exploiting a pandemic aid program have been handed two-year sentences but released on probation.

Ten could have very limited prospects of recouping millions in legal costs spent successfully defending a defamation case brought by Bruce Lehrmann, a judge says.

Australia's biggest-ever lottery winner found out he had won last night, but still showed up to work this morning.

Budget expert Joel Gibson found some ways she can save.

Many Australians over 60 have spent more on travel and dining out in the last year, while people in their mid-to-late 20s have pulled back on their spending, new research suggests.

Up to half of the country's adults are expected to buy a ticket, with a whopping $150 million on the line.

Scammers are selling $20,000 of "premium" fake cash for $1000 of real money in a business model that preys on desperate Australians.

Revenue from online gambling is growing around the world, and Australia is right near the peak.

Up to half of Australian adults are expected to have an entry in this week's Powerball $150 million draw, according to lottery officials.

A damning report has found a third of home loan customers facing financial hardship end up dropping their requests for help because their bank's application process is so difficult.

A New South Wales business group is calling for the reinstatement of dining vouchers to provide a boost to cafes and restaurants struggling with the cost of living crisis.