In the lead-up to the May federal budget, there were a lot of headlines around the possibility of allowing people to tap in to their superannuation to buy their first home. Late last year, the Centre for Economic Development in …
So how can we help plug the gap? According to stats from 2015, just released in late May, Aussie students are falling behind in financial literacy. PISA 2015 Results (Volume IV) – Students’ Financial Literacy says Australian students[i] are just …
New research from comparison site Finder suggests that more and more Aussies are getting credit cards ASAP. And they’re not using them wisely. They found that 16.6% of people get their first credit card when they’re 18 – the legal …
Aussie kids are working more than ever – but do they know what to do with the money? According to official stats, Australian children are more likely than not to have jobs. A combination of lower junior wages and the …
It’s been nearly a week since Bernard Salt put out his Gen-Y-rage-inducing piece for the Australian on how all millennials would be able to afford houses if they just gave up eating avocado on toast at cool cafes. Twitter jibes …
I was reading this week about a book called Make It Stick: The Science of Successful Learning. It contains the findings of a pair of Washington University psychologists who have been studying learning and memory for a combined 80 years. …
