10 pieces of personal finance news you need to know this week

Updated 11 November 2022

Martine Allars
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10 pieces of personal finance news you need to know this week

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It's been another big week of news...

Here are the curated highlights or rather (mostly) lowlights

😭 The REDcycle plan is on hold and we will no longer be able to recycle our soft plastics at Coles or Woolies.

📱 After Elon Musk fired half his employees last week, Mark Zuckerberg fired 11,000 of his – all in aid of investing $15bn into his slice of the metaverse.

💉COVID cases jumped in Australia by more than 80% in some states with NSW Chief Health Officer Kerry Chant reiterating the importance of vaccine boosters.

💻 The Medibank hack keeps getting worse, with the Australian Federal Police saying that Russian-based hackers are responsible.

😨 Westpac and ANZ updated their rate rise peak to 3.85%, with leading economists predicting that the variable rate will hit a high of 6.6% in 2023.

🦺 More flooding is expected this weekend in NSW, with remote communities bracing for the impact – Forbes and Condobolin are expected to fair the worst.

🔍 It looks like Atlassian's Michael Cannon-Brookes has another hurdle to jump with the ACCC to investigate his Origin Energy takeover.

🔋Australia's transition towards renewables is getting a big boost by Canadian company Brookfield who have committed to putting $20bn behind green power and its storage.

⚮ Divorces increased in 2020-21, up 13.6% to 56,244, with the Australian Bureau of Statistics revealing that the average age of divorcees was 49 for men, and 43 for women.

⚠️ And it's not your imagination, your budget is hurting. Employed households mortgage payments rose an average 24.2% last quarter.

The bottom line

Times continue to be tough, but at least with December around the corner we will soon be able to take some well-earned rest. Bring on 2024.

The information contained on this web page is of general nature only and has been prepared without taking into consideration your objectives, needs and financial situation. You should check with a financial professional before making any decisions.


About the author
author Martine Allars

Martine grew up travelling the world, courtesy of her father’s job as an Australian diplomat. As a child she spoke Italian, French, reasonable Arabic and had a very bad mouth in Vietnamese. Martine has always loved being creative – whether that is writing a story or trying out a new recipe. She is a yoga teacher (25 years in), has written a novel – The Littlest Witch (the sequel is underway), and is back at uni doing a second degree in film.

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