Even in the best of times, managing your finances is hard. We’re told to make sure we are financially literate but what does that mean in practice? Here are seven signs you’ve got the basics.
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Trauma insurance provides a benefit for life-threatening medical conditions that seriously compromise the insured person’s current and future quality of life.
Is it really a side hustle if you end up losing money? We surveyed 287 current and former MLM consultants in Australia. The findings paint a bleak picture.
It’s important for South Africans to understand the options and risks before they dip into their retirement savings.
For young people, super is the biggest single asset they have – so it’s worth knowing what the law says on how it could be split if a relationship ends.
Banking deserts make it harder for children and young adults to become financially literate, which leads to worse credit and a lifetime of disadvantage.
Westpac’s 154 page financial statement will be a challenge for shareholders attending Thursday’s annual general meeting. In the early 2000s, it was only 35 pages.
There are better ways to teach financial literacy than through school banking schemes.
The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia (HILDA) Survey, out today, found women exhibiting much lower levels of financial literacy than men. How do you score?
We are seeing widespread financial exploitation because of cultural, economic and political factors that haven’t been addressed. Regulators should do more.
Despite recent reforms, the superannuation system is still beset with problems such as high fees and patchy performance. You need to pay attention if you want to make sure your nest egg’s in the best hands.
Financial literacy is non-intuitive to the human brain and fundamental to survival today. We should follow British Columbia’s example and make financial literacy mandatory in every grade - across the country.
Around a fifth of 15-year-olds in Australia do not have basic financial literacy.
Young women are are confident in implementing budgeting and savings strategies, but lack the knowledge and confidence required to implement long-term financial strategies, a new pilot study finds.
The government has heavily invested in initiatives intended to help children understand finance. But should this be taught by school teachers instead who are sensitive to kid’s backgrounds?
Young people actually take responsibility for their own financial decisions but they fail to learn from their parents about how to handle money, new research shows.
New research shows people are needlessly declaring bankruptcy because they don’t know about the help available to manage their debts.
A new report finds two million Australians lack the resources to bounce back when difficult circumstances arise.
Not enough time is set aside in the curriculum to teach young people economic literacy.
Financial literacy is not just about knowledge, so it would help if we taught it using day-to-day issues.
Top contributors
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Lecturer in Primary Mathematics Education, Deakin University
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Professor, Curtin Law School and Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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Senior Research Fellow, Yuwaya Ngarra-li, UNSW Sydney
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Professor of Social Policy / CEO, Centre for Social Impact, UNSW Sydney
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Associate Professor, Queensland University of Technology
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Lecturer, Queensland University of Technology
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Assistant Professor in Finance and Financial Planning, University of Canberra
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Director, Master of Business Administration (MBA); Co-Director, Better Consumption Lab, Deakin University, Deakin University
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Professor of Work and Organisation, Queensland University of Technology
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Professor in Cultural and Social Analysis, Western Sydney University
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Assistant Professor, Nanyang Technological University
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Professor, Accounting and Finance, City, University of London
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Professorial Fellow and Deputy Director (Research), HILDA Survey, Melbourne Institute of Applied Economic and Social Research, The University of Melbourne
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Professor in Management,, University of Glasgow
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Professor of Education Policy Research, University of Birmingham
