THREE southeast Queensland regions have been identified as the pick of the crop for property investment.

In less than three weeks, more than 300,000 retirees will lose all or part of their government pension.

The Turnbull government expects to find billions for budget repair through a cash economy taskforce that will consider the future of the $100 note and a ban on cash payments over a certain limit.

New research suggests the underpayment of superannuation entitlements reached $4.6 billion in 2013-14, a figure that includes $1 billion lost to employees who use salary sacrifice arrangements to try to boost their retirement savings.

Taku Ekanayake is a 28-year-old Uber driver in Sydney. But he’s not your average Gen Y.

One of the biggest emerging Australian investment issues is the performance of "stable" and "conservative" super fund options, which for the first time in a long time are reporting significantly negative returns care of horrific fixed-rate bond losses.

The Turnbull government has slammed the door on a push by the NSW Liberal government to place curbs on negative gearing by telling it to focus on its responsibility to free up land.

Housing market activity may have taken a slide but townhouses are becoming a popular choice.  

Soaring house prices in Sydney and Melbourne are leaving more first homebuyers in those cities on the sidelines.