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Affiliate marketing sounds complicated, but the idea behind it is simple: you recommend a product or service you think is genuinely useful, and if someone buys it through your special link, you earn a commission. You do not create the product, hold stock, ship anything, or handle customer support. Your job is to help people make a good decision. Quick answer: Affiliate marketing works in four steps. A business (the merchant) offers a commission for…
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Hundreds of Qantas ground workers are on a 24-hour strike today, Wednesday 28 October, at five major airports — Sydney, Melbourne, Brisbane, Adelaide and Perth. If you are flying today, the short answer is reassuring: Qantas says no passenger flights have been affected so far, and all QantasLink services out of Sydney departed on time this morning. Still, it is worth checking your flight before you leave for the airport, especially if you are on…
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If you are turning a side hustle into real income, one decision comes up fast: should you run it as a sole trader, or set up a company? Both are legal ways to trade, but they differ a lot on tax, cost, liability and paperwork. For most people starting out, the answer is simple — but it changes as the money grows. Quick answer: Start as a sole trader if your side hustle is small,…
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Studying full time and needing extra money is a tricky balance. You need work that fits around lectures, assignments and exam weeks, pays fairly, and does not leave you exhausted for class. The good news is that plenty of side hustles are built for exactly that kind of schedule. Quick answer: the best side hustles for students are flexible, low-cost to start, and easy to pause during exams. Online tutoring, freelance work, pet sitting, food…
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If you look after a family member who has a disability, a serious medical condition, or is frail aged, Centrelink has two main payments that may help: the Carer Payment and the Carer Allowance. They sound similar, but they do different jobs. One replaces your income when caring stops you working full time. The other is a smaller top-up for the extra costs of caring. Many carers can get both at the same time. Quick…