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Selling secondhand kids gear as income

Most of what a household outgrows is not worth listing. What actually…

Christmas without the January hangover

What January feels like is decided back in October rather than in…

Australian Government Paid Parental Leave in plain English

The government payment and employer parental leave are two different things and…

Child Care Subsidy explained

The structure of the subsidy matters more than the rate, because the…

Christmas and back-to-school: budgeting for the two spikes

December and January are six weeks apart and together they are the…

Teaching kids about money by age

Money lessons only work when they match what a child can actually…

A family budget that survives a real month

Most household budgets fail in week three, and always for the same…