Can you have debt forgiven before you miss a payment?

A common misconception about debt forgiveness could cost borrowers valuable time and money. PM Images/Getty Images Household budgets have been under increasing amounts of pressure recently as sticky inflation, elevated borrowing costs and record levels of consumer debt squeeze many people’s budgets to their limits. That, in turn, is putting many borrowers at risk of…

A $250k gambling debt and ‘drowning in shame’

From addict to advocate, Luke Bateman is on a mission to see real change to gambling advertising, revealing he lost every cent of his $400,000-a-year pay packet he earned as an NRL player.  The career chameleon, who made his NRL debut at 20 with the Canberra Raiders, became a #BookTok influencer and budding author. Now he’s…