Rates of Australians hoarding physical cash has grown since the Covid pandemic, with estimates about $56bn to $81bn worth of notes are stowed away by households. Analysis released in the Reserve Bank of Australia’s January bulletin found the “falling transaction use” of bank notes” despite “strong banknote demand” suggested theContinue Reading

Gen Z Australians are saving hard to splash out on “once-in-a-lifetime” moments as part of a generational move to make up for time lost to the pandemic, according to the latest consumer survey from one of Australia’s biggest banks. NAB’s survey of 18-29 year-olds shows the cohort are more likelyContinue Reading

Australia’s top cop has claimed young workers need to be praised “three times a week” by their supervisors, and that they find happy face emojis “offensive”. Addressing senate estimates on Thursday, AFP Commissioner Reece Kershaw said there was a huge divide in how each generation needed to be managed atContinue Reading

Don’t lap dance and tell. More than 70 per cent of Americans have cheated on their partners while attending raucous bachelor or bachelorette parties, a new survey found. Bonusfinder.com surveyed 6000 people, including the soon-to-be-betrothed and their guests, about any frisky business at these events and defined cheating as rangingContinue Reading

Despite their own financial woes, most Australians are still keen on helping out nations dealing with famine, drought, and natural disasters, according to new data. A new survey of 1055 Australian voters found a growing majority of Australians — 60 per cent — back the federal government funding overseas aidContinue Reading

In recent years, conspiracy theories that were once almost unheard of have spread like wildfire, with a growing number of Australians now sceptical of things like vaccines, 5G and election results. But among the bizarre list of beliefs is one conspiracy theory that has increasingly made headlines across the world.Continue Reading