Managing the emotional cost of big financial decisions

When I was a child, if I was good my Aunt would give me half a Mars Bar (the original 54 grams chocolate and caramel nougat snack that promised ‘Pleasure you can't measure’). If I was still good a month later, I’d get the other (slightly dehydrated) half. Even today, the thought of eating an entire Mars Bar myself, makes me feel uncomfortably indulgent.

Bad credit — not sure? It's not surprising

The company that has been keeping the records may have been keeping them from you as well

In December 2016 Australian consumer action groups won a case against credit reporting agency Veda Advantage Information Services and Solutions Ltd (Veda) that resulted in the Privacy Commissioner ordering Veda to refund thousands of consumers who were charged for obtaining a copy of their credit report.