A SYDNEY woman claims she was overcharged by a plumber who came to fix her lifesaving dialysis machine.

IT’S become a generation that can’t win. Gen Y are holding a shrinking portion of Australia’s private wealth, and this is what they’re facing.

HIGH interest rates on credit cards have frustrated consumers but many are fighting back, new data shows.

AUSSIE households struggling with power bills are subsidising the cooking and heating costs of Japanese families.

A CRACKDOWN on credit card rorts should mean Australians pay less for football tickets and plane flights, the Federal Government says, as a new ban begins this week.

MEET the Joneses: permanently tanned, always on holiday, constantly posting on social media ... and more likely than not, up to their eyeballs in credit card debt.

CREDIT card balance-transfer deals are flooding onto the market in a bid to lure in new customers who are mulling over their post-Christmas debt.

THE competition watchdog is working on a plan to reveal how much extra you should pay for fuel outside the city.

BARRING a major financial meltdown, super funds are set to deliver a positive investment return for the seventh successive year. The only problem is that financial markets could be about to tumble later this week.

CASH-strapped Aussies are resorting to using their credit cards to pay for everyday expenses and many can’t pay off their plastic bills in full each month.

COULD you live without cash? According to Westpac, Australia will be totally cash-free by 2022. We gave it a go, and it wasn’t great.

WOULD you feel comfortable leaving a tap running with water gushing down the sink? A similar “leak” is costing you thousands.

AUSTRALIA’S middle class is disappearing amid a widening gap between the haves and the have-nots in an unprecedented way, new research shows.

EVER found yourself on a flight suddenly struggling to hold back the waterworks during the movie even if you’ve seen it a hundred times before? You’re not alone.

BECAUSE you probably are, according to the latest statistics. But there’s a frustrating reason it doesn’t seem that way.

CAN a company that’s been around for less than five years and has governments all over the world threatening to shut it down, be worth more than Kraft and Hertz?

FIFTY years after we first had Aussie dollars and cents, experts believe huge changes are coming faster than you might think.

AUSTRALIANS are used to being fleeced from the minute they leave the house. This receipt shows just how much we cop.

PEOPLE power continues to drive great Big Switch deals for everything from groceries to car insurance. Here’s the next round of offers.

LOADED down with debt? Looking to turn over a new leaf? The start of the new financial year is an excellent time to get fiscally fit.

NELLY is apparently millions of dollars in debt. But fans have created an ingenious movement to help out the impoverished rapper.

DEMANDS for Centrelink repayments are leaving vulnerable Aussies stressed and anxious, with the agency even tweeting the Lifeline number.

AUSTRALIANS could start 2015 with a significant windfall if they claw back more than $1.28 billion floating in unclaimed accounts.

IT WAS supposed to change the way we live, with Australians hailing it as the ‘next big thing’. But four years on, what’s happened to it?

THIS seems rather excessive. An individual car space at a suburban train station’s carpark is costing taxpayers $44,000.