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When your loved one is in palliative care, the last thing you want to think about is money. But new research shows financial stress at this difficult time is front and centre.
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.
One Australian survey found more than a third of private renters feel their housing situation is harming their mental health.
Data from the Mental Health Commission shows the proportion of people finding it ‘difficult’ or ‘very difficult’ to cope on their income has doubled.
Corporate leaders see their decisions as purely rational, but emotions, especially those tied to masculinity, may play a bigger role than they admit.
Research suggests having an income that is guaranteed to last until death can reduce stress and boost retirees’ spending.
Women experience more chronic conditions than men, potentially leading to higher health-care costs.
New research finds having a self-employed partner can significantly reduce your life satisfaction. The more you value family, leisure and your own job, the greater the effect.
Despite signs that inflation is levelling off, Australians could feel the health impacts of high prices for a long time.
Once you appreciate that a budget can work for you, it can be a financially empowering exercise.
While a single shutdown is unlikely to push a government worker to quit, the cumulative effect of multiple shutdowns can lead to low worker morale and employee retention problems.
New research has found 20% of young people are struggling to keep on top of their ‘buy now, pay later’ debt – leading to long term financial harm.
It’s not easy talking to kids about the cost-of-living crunch. Many fear landing their kids with a lifelong ‘scarcity mindset’, where a person is cursed with a feeling spending money is always wrong.
More credit checking, spending limits and caps on fees are among the changes being imposed on buy now, pay later lenders.
Understanding and finding ways to reduce our financial stress – and its emotional impact on us – can help make this challenging time a bit easier.
Australians’ average subjective well-being has barely deviated over the past few years. But there have been some remarkable changes among disadvantaged groups.
Food security is crucial to disease prevention and management, so prescribing healthy foods and reducing barriers to better diets makes sense. But food prescriptions should not be immune to scrutiny.
Adults in the US reported the same levels of depression a year into the pandemic as they did at the outset.
Parents and caregivers are central to promoting child safety. Improving their ability to prevent injury to children is key.
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Associate professor, The University of Melbourne
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Associate Professor of Business, Boston University
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Emeritus Professor, Melbourne Law School, The University of Melbourne
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Director, Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre (BCEC) and John Curtin Distinguished Professor at Curtin Business School, Curtin University
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John Curtin Distinguished Professor, Curtin University
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Senior Industry Fellow, Curtin University
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Research Fellow (Financial Exclusion, Poor Insurer Practices and Consumer Protection Project), The University of Melbourne
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Adjunct Associate Professor, College of Arts, Society & Education, James Cook University
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Researcher, Curtin University
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Senior Lecturer in the Centre for Health Economics Research and Evaluation, University of Technology Sydney
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Professor, Economics, Dalhousie University
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Senior Researcher at the Institute for Social and Health Sciences , University of South Africa
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Associate Professor of Health Economics, Monash University
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Assistant Professor, School of Public Health and Social Policy, University of Victoria
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Research fellow, Curtin University