Tracking thousands of people from birth to their 80s shows that long-term financial stress may quietly reshape the ageing brain.
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Interest rates could go up even further this year. If you’re struggling with your home loan repayments, here’s where you can go for help.
Christmas lunch is over, all the presents are unwrapped. Now comes the hard part: paying for it all. Here are some steps to follow.
For the more than 3 million Americans on probation or parole, rules and regulations often serve as hidden traps to reincarceration.
Drawing on the experiences of 675 single mothers, our research found the current system is failing those most vulnerable.
Should people aged 55 and over get a targeted boost to their JobSeeker payments? Our research suggests the need among young Australians may well be greater.
When researchers examined the outcomes for cases to discharge student loan debt, they found that judges are often biased against people based on their gender and other factors.
Research undertaken for the National Summit on Women’s Safety has found one in four young Australian women in financial hardship experienced abuse from a current or former partner.
Australia’s tax relief rules are outdated. Here are three key points for reform.
A survey of the impact of the first few rounds of coronavirus aid shows that most of those who lost jobs or wages due to the pandemic were facing severe economic hardship.
Here are the four common lending practices identified by the Australian inquiry into credit and financial services targeted at those at risk of financial hardship.
Australia’s first large-scale study on the experiences of people in financial hardship contradict the idea most debt problems are due to poor choices.
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Emeritus Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
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Research Fellow (Financial Exclusion, Poor Insurer Practices and Consumer Protection Project), The University of Melbourne
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Lecturer in Social Research (Sociology and Criminology), University of Tasmania
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Professor, UNSW
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Professor of Economics, University of Technology Sydney
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Ph.D. Candidate in Legal Psychology, Florida International University
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Angelique Nadia Sweetman McInnes is a Friend of The Conversation.
Academic in Financial Planning, CQUniversity Australia
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Instructional Assistant Professor in Psychology, Chapman University
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Associate Professor, Curtin University
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Head of School at the School of Accounting, Curtin University
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Senior lecturer, Curtin University
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Assistant Director of the Harvard Opinion Research Program at the Harvard T.H. Chan School of Public Health, Harvard University
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Adjunct Fellow in Economics, Macquarie University
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Associate Professor of Psychology, Florida International University