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tips for saving money on insurance premiums

Tips for saving money on your insurance premiums.

calculating your electricity usage

Calculate the cost of running the appliances in your home.

What Are The Actual Savings Of Turning Off The Lights?

A popular frugal habit and one I subscribe to is turning out lights when a room is not in use. I find it a waste when the house is ablaze and everyone is in the same room. But how much are we actually saving by getting into the habit of turning out the lights? Well [...]

Phone A Friend: Reducing The Cost Of Communication

Photo by Alexander O’Neill Our telephone budget for this year is $55 per month. The line cost is about $25 so this leaves $30 for calls. So far we’ve made budget two months out of six. My biggest problem is that I don’t wait until after 7pm when STD calls are cheaper. Rather than paying [...]

15 Ways to Keep Warm this Winter

15 ways to save money on heating this Winter.

Drastically Reduce Your Energy Bill for Free (or really, really cheap)

Take advantage of Australian Government Rebates to reduce your energy bill for free

don’t be a drip when it comes to saving water

I recently read a post on Bargain Babe about recycling shower water to use in the toilet and it reminded me about how saving water is not just about saving a few dollars, it’s about conserving our precious, life-giving resource. Conserving water has been a hot topic in Australia for quite some time (12 years [...]

pre-paying bills

If your not confident about your discipline to save money, an alternative to taking the pain out of large bills is to pre pay them a little each week.