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If you're looking for a side hustle that is easy, flexible and pays well... I have the answer for you! The words “market research” might raise alarm bells for people. It does sound, at worst, like some terrible scam and, at best, something I am trying to sell you. So I will start by saying that I am not being paid to say this, I’m not trying to scam you out of money, I'm not trying to sell you anything. This is just a fairly easy side hustle that I have personally used and th

I have been environmentally conscious for much of my life, always striving to use products with less harsh chemicals in them, and that produce less strain on the environment. This became particularly important when I moved to a mountain, where all of our greywater is pumped back onto the garden/lawn. I needed to feel ok with pumping whatever goes down the drain back into the environment. I used soap berries for a long time, but I found that they left a sticky residue on cloth

Today we are going to chat about one of the biggest costs facing families (and really everybody at the moment) and that is groceries. It’s no secret that the cost of groceries has skyrocketed over the past few years. If we look at the findings from Canstar Blue, the average weekly shop for a family of four in Australia in 2021 was sitting at $187. In 2025 that weekly shopping average for a family of four is now sitting at $240 a week. That’s an increase of $53 a week in just

Hello and welcome to the Aussie Frugal Family! My name is Rachel, and in 2023 I started a TikTok account called Aussie Frugal Family. Aussie Frugal Family was born at a very tough time for us. My husband, Rory, had just lost his job of 13 years overnight, and we were trying to make ends meet on a very limited income. We also had a nine month old baby, so I was also only working part time. We had no savings, bills were piling up and we desperately needed to do something. Rory