ATM Blessing or Curse?

I congratulate the CBA for coming out and announcing the cancellation of the $2 ATM fee by non-CBA users. It was a rip-off; no question. Withdraw $100 and the banks clip 2% from you. Fortunately, most other banks followed CBA’s lead within the day. But there is a downside, and the main one is that…

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Federal Budget Summary 2017-18

The Hon Scott Morrison MP handed down the 2017-18 Federal Budget on the 9th of May 2017. Pleasingly, and unlike last year, in the 2018 Federal Budget superannuation has largely been left alone. The main changes involve allowing people aged 65 and over to downsize their home and gain exemptions from the superannuation caps, and…