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Posted on May 30, 2024June 1, 2024

Achieve Financial Success Through Budgeting

Achieve Financial Success Through Budgeting

Budgeting is often viewed as a mundane task, associated with restrictions and sacrifices, but you can achieve financial success through budgeting. Continue reading “Achieve Financial Success Through Budgeting”

Posted on April 5, 2023April 13, 2024

Money and relationships

Money and relationships

Money and relationships.

Many elements can lead to relationship tensions and even breakdown.

One of the most difficult to change can be disputes or differences over money.

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Posted on August 11, 2022May 27, 2024

Why women suffer more financial stress

Women and Super

Why women suffer more financial stress.

Recent studies have found women feeling considerably more financially stressed than men – but why?

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Posted on June 16, 2022May 27, 2024

Top five reasons people get into mortgage stress

Top five reasons people get into mortgage stress

Top five reasons people get into mortgage stress.

Mortgage stress is never far from the news in Australia, with years of historically low-interest rates and a booming property market, home ownership became within the reach of millions.

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Posted on June 2, 2022May 27, 2024

Uni students become more debt laden

Uni students become more debt laden

Uni students become more debt laden.

University students will feel the pinch even more as the indexation rate applied to HECS–HELP loans has jumped from 1 June 2022 to 3.9 per cent (0.6% per cent in 2021), the highest rate in a decade.

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Posted on March 10, 2022April 13, 2024

What renters can practically do to improve their finances

What renters can practically do to improve their finances

What renters can practically do to improve their finances.

In the first part of this series, we examined the mindset problem that can plague renters: fear of financial failure that comes with not owning your own home.

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Posted on March 3, 2022May 27, 2024

How renters can avoid fear of financial failure

How renters can avoid fear of financial failure

How renters can avoid fear of financial failure.

Whether or not it’s always true, renting your home rather than owning it is seen as a marker of financial struggle in Australia.

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Posted on February 17, 2022May 27, 2024

Revisiting your 2022 goals

Revisiting your 2022 goals

Revisiting your 2022 goals.

Most of us recognise the importance of setting goals, but what happens when we break promises to ourselves and a goal suddenly looks unachievable?

Continue reading “Revisiting your 2022 goals”

Posted on January 20, 2022May 27, 2024

Taking stock of 2021 to plan for 2022

Planning Pencil 2022

Taking stock of 2021 to plan for 2022.

As our employers and our own small businesses start to focus on the coming year, it’s normal to think about what we want personally out of life in 2022.

Continue reading “Taking stock of 2021 to plan for 2022”

Posted on January 13, 2022April 15, 2024

New Year’s Resolutions – part 2

New Year's Resolutions - part 2

New Year’s Resolutions – part 2

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    I had no savings or financial safety net.

    I worried about money and finances.

    I felt overwhelmed by my financial obligations.

    I ate more, drank more alcohol or smoked more because of my financial concerns.

    I acted aggressively towards others because of my financial situation.

    I found it difficult to sleep because of my financial concerns.

    I experienced physical symptoms (e.g., headache, nausea) when thinking about my finances.

    I think financial stress negatively impacted my relationships.

    I was involved in interpersonal conflicts because of financial stress.




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      I could not meet all my weekly expenses.

      I had no savings or financial safety net.

      I worried about money and finances.

      I felt overwhelmed by my financial obligations.

      I ate more, drank more alcohol or smoked more because of my financial concerns.

      I acted aggressively towards others because of my financial situation.

      I found it difficult to sleep because of my financial concerns.

      I experienced physical symptoms (e.g., headache, nausea) when thinking about my finances.

      I think financial stress negatively impacted my relationships.

      I was involved in interpersonal conflicts because of financial stress.