Death and taxes are inevitable. Here’s how retirees can minimise the latter
If couples and families don’t put proper preparations in place, serious financial problems can emerge when a loved one dies.
If couples and families don’t put proper preparations in place, serious financial problems can emerge when a loved one dies.
It’s world-famous and notoriously expensive, but don’t spend your money like this. There’s better food in the world.
An internal state government review found Victoria has the second-highest number of business licences and permits in the nation.
Victoria’s major road and rail projects mean we are building fewer houses, at greater expense. The construction union’s grip is affecting costs, efficiency, quality and the availability of skilled labour.
A radical overhaul of the state’s school syllabuses marks a dramatic shift away from inquiry and student-led learning to a knowledge-rich curriculum.
Jacob Hamilton copped a $40,000 fine two years ago for running a car sales business in Stirling without a license. Within weeks he was back at it.
The incoming changes to legislation are not enough on their own to get costs down, advisers have warned.
New home buyers are shunning unit blocks by developers who have been refused a quality rating – and they’ve found out where to look instead.
With fears of political extremism, Sussex Street has engaged an unprecedented level of security for this weekend’s NSW Labor state conference, with a series of fringe events also cancelled.
Doha is slick and modern and very pretty, but Changi is streets ahead in terms of its dining, shopping and entertainment options.
Recent letters to Traveller suggest a surprising number of readers are running foul of Vietnam’s e-visa system. But who is at fault?
As Australians flock to the Olympics, Paris has opened a major new driverless rail extension just weeks before Sydney cuts the ribbon on its own.
I can’t tell you how many people I have counselled who expected to get a much bigger uplift when they took on more responsibility, writes Dr Kirstin Ferguson.
Kimberly Cheatle’s resignation came after a scathing hearing in which she was excoriated by both sides of politics over the assassination attempt.
Equestrian champion Charlotte Dujardin has withdrawn from the Olympics after a video emerged of her “making an error of judgment” during a coaching session.
China’s 31 swimmers in Paris are the world’s most frequently drug tested athletes – at a rate five times higher than their Australian counterparts.
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Australia’s academy of engineers says the cost and operational performance of small modular nuclear reactors are untested and unproven.
Companies such as Apple, Microsoft, Google and Meta face fines of almost $800,000 a day if they don’t come clean on their progress in combating child exploitation and sex abuse material on their platforms.
Electricity costs are climbing again after a stretch of cold weather coincided with a wind power drought, forcing expensive gas plants to fill the gap.
Electricity costs are climbing again after a stretch of cold weather coincided with a wind power drought, forcing expensive gas plants to fill the gap.
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The assault came after Australian athletes were warned not to wear their uniforms while out in Paris following the alleged rape of a 25-year-old Australian woman over the weekend.
A man who was found dead on a road in Perth was “always in the wrong place at the wrong time”, his family has said.
The superfish from Wollongong became Australia's most decorated Olympian at the Tokyo 2020 Games, taking her gold medal haul to five and medal tally to 11.