Tag: debt

• Buy now pay later dependency a growing concern for young Aussies

  

  The buy now pay later (BNPL) industry in Australia is one that has attracted attention for being self-regulated, relying on a voluntary code of conduct and evading government intervention.

  ontherecord

  January 22, 2022

  Finance, News

  Afterpay, Australian Securities and Investment Commission, BNPL regulation, Buy now pay later, Consumer Action Law, Consumer protection, debt, Finance, Financial Counselling Australia, Financial counsellors, Financial regulation, Financial wellbeing, Leveraged, News, Rebekha Sharkie MP, UniSA, University of South Australia, USASA

• If this isn’t a “budget emergency”, what is?

  The Morrison Government’s big spending budget is sparking concerns over Australia’s debt. With election campaigns looming, will we see Labor take notes from the Coalition’s 2013 election strategy?

  ontherecord

  May 19, 2021

  Opinion

  ALP, Budget 2021-22, Budget emergency, Coalition, debt, Federal Election, Global financial crisis, Scott Morrison, Tony Abbott