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Would you borrow money from the government?

What am I talking about? Two weeks ago, the Government handed down the 2018 Budget. One of the more interesting initiatives was the expansion of the Pensions Loans Scheme (PLS) to ...
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I wish my husband never retired

This is a true story. Only the personal details have been redacted for privacy reasons. Jack and Diane have been married for forty-three years. Jack is seventy-one and Diane ...
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The Budget - what does it all mean?

Last night was a very late night as I worked my way through hundreds of pages of budget documents produced by Treasury.
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More about super contributions

A couple of weeks’ back I covered the rules around the timing of superannuation contributions. In line with the same theme, I thought it would be worthwhile to revisit some other ...
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Anzac Day – a short and important history

ANZAC Day, as we are all aware, is a national day of remembrance in both Australia and New Zealand that broadly commemorates all Australians and New Zealanders who served and died ...
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Planning on making super contributions this financial year?

As we move into the start of the fourth quarter of the financial year, it is timely that we turn our mind to tax planning and the things we need to be considering as 30 June looms ...
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Age Pension and the Superannuation Sweet Spot?

What am I talking about? I will try and provide a very simple explanation. The “Superannuation Sweet Spot” is recent terminology referring to the amount of money a person or ...
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Scared of losing your marbles... or just your super?

We have previously written on a number of occasions about the risks of internet-driven identity theft and perhaps, more importantly, the theft of our hard-earned savings. But did ...
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Age Pension and the question of residency

As readers of the blog will know that to qualify for an age pension, you first need to reach the necessary qualifying age - which now can depend on the year you were born.
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Dividend imputation – what does Labor’s announcement mean?

In the past week, there has been an enormous kerfuffle about Mr Shorten’s plans to abolish the refunding of excess franking credits. On the surface, this might look like a topic ...
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