Noel Whittaker
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- 13
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- Sep 29, 2026
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- Jul 7, 2026
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Why you shouldn’t rush to value your property ahead of 2027 tax change (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Under the new capital gains tax rules, some properties may need a market value established at June 30, 2027 so that gains accruing before and after July 1, 2027 can be calculated. Given the huge number of properties potentially involved and the relatively small number of valuers, should property owners arrange a valuation before June 30, or will the tax office accept a retrospective valuation done
Ditch the credit card? Why it’s time to switch to debit (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. Thanks to the government’s brilliant decision on credit card surcharges and the Reserve Bank acting on it, I’m now going to be charged an extra $75 a year on top of my existing $175 card fee. I’m with BankSA, a subsidiary of Westpac. The bank says the only way to avoid such high fees is to abandon the joint credit card I have with my husband and each get a new card costing $7 a month. That’s $84 a
‘Shock and disbelief’: The pitfalls of buying property with your children (opens the original)
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Fifteen years ago, we paid a 30 per cent deposit on a house for our daughter. In fairness to our other two kids, who had not received the same gift, we bought the house as “tenants in common” with our daughter. In other words, we own one-third and our daughter owns two-thirds. We have since completely repaid her loan, and we now wish to transfer our one-third to our daughter. You can imagine our shock and disbelief when we discovered that we have to pay capital gains tax on the growth in our one
We want to help our 28-year-old buy his first home. Should we take out a mortgage? (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. We would love your advice on helping our 28-year-old son buy his first apartment. He has saved more than $200,000 but, having recently completed his PhD, is looking for a postdoctoral position. Meanwhile, he earns money tutoring and marking exams, which makes obtaining a mortgage difficult. He currently pays $500 a week rent. We are self-funded retirees and don’t want to gift him money or compromi
My elderly mum has to pay $5.50 a day for a TV. This seems outrageous (opens the original)
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You have reached your maximum number of saved items. Remove items from your saved list to add more. My mum recently entered aged care and has now been there for four weeks. We opted out of the Higher Everyday Living Fee (HELF). There was already a television in her room but I have now been asked whether we want to pay $5.50 a day for the television service. That’s more than $2000 a year. I asked whether we could provide Mum with her own television but was told we would still have to pay the fee.
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