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We are a selfish mob, we Australians. And we are not particulary good at taking responsibility for our own actions. Take the debate about the soaring cost of living - the rise in the cost of everything from fuel to food to housing. The first place we look for answers and sheet home the blame is the Government. (more…)

Busy employees are jeopardising their careers by relying on work for friendships, according to a relationships expert. Long working hours are increasingly replacing personal friends with (more…)

A female friend of mine is “cutting back”. In fact, all her friends are also cutting back. With interest rate rises, petrol price increases and supermarket checkout blowouts, most women are looking at what they can live without. (more…)

Men and women often disagree on household matters, whether it’s how to spend the weekly budget or what to watch on television. However, it seems, the battle of the sexes has moved outside and into the garden. (more…)

We stand with the nozzle thrust into the tank and listen to the tick-tick-tick as the two cylinders race each other inside the pump. In the good old days the cylinder which measured the petrol going in used to win easily against the cylinder which measured the dollars going out. Now it’s reversed, with big lifestyle changes for the motorist. (more…)

Many women who slave over a hot stove are seeing their wealth boil away. When she does the washing up her money is draining down the plughole. The reason women earn less than men is because they do more housework. (more…)