Blog Articles

1 December 2024 | As card transactions become the norm, has cash officially been abdicated from the throne? Tia Fitzpatrick investigates.

22 August 2025 | 'How do we find happiness?'. It's the much debated question among scientists, philosophers, and economists alike. Upon reflection on welfare economics theories and my personal volunteering experience, am I a step closer to finding it?

Coming September 2025 | Posh Bank, Baby Bank, Scary Bank, Sporty Bank, Ginger Bank. More than a girl-group worth of bank options lies at the fingertips of Australians. So, what is influencing our choice? And why the big growth in online banking solutions?

14 September 2024 | Describing Josh Frydenberg’s proposed stage 3 tax cuts in the 2023-24 budget as ‘heavily debated’ would be a blatent understatement. As the Albanese government’s chops and changes the proposed cuts in attempts to improve our nation’s equality, I delve into whether cutting taxes for the rich is really the next step towards improving Australia’s equality problem.

17 October 2023 | Will the new 'Safeguard Mechanism' actually make some change, or simply continue to allow big corporations to stuff their emissions under the rug, or worse, profit from them.

1 May 2023 | Backlash against outspoken women suggests hope for gender equality continues to be extinguished by outdated stereotypes that expect women to comply and conform. So why do we expect female compliance?

30 Nov 2022 | As Australia is predicted to see a 5% increase in total waste by the end of this year, humans continue to turn a blind eye to the plastic pandemic. I turn to speculative fiction to discover if our fundamental values are turning humanity to trash.