Planning
YOUR QUESTIONS
Your questions: how much can we spend in retirement?
George Cochrane 9:44 AM Financial expert George Cochrane answers questions from readers.
RETIRE RIGHT
How to make sure your heirs get theirs
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon You can control, through a valid will, where all the money you amass in your lifetime ultimately goes. But many people don't appreciate that this does not necessarily apply to superannuation.
INSIGHT
Where will 'new economy' jobs come from?
Clancy Yeates There's probably more anxiety than usual about where future jobs will come from.
MONEY BRAIN
What Mount Everest's Sherpas can teach us about money
Catherine Robson How many of us take time to consider how much money is enough?
RETIRE RIGHT
Is retirement all it's cracked up to be?
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon A happy retirement is not just about your finances, it's also about how you spend your time.
YOUR QUESTIONS
Can I claim my Australian pension overseas?
George Cochrane Financial expert George Cochrane answers readers' questions.
What to do if you win the lottery
Sylvia Pennington Many people dream of a life-changing windfall, but stories are legion of lottery winners or inheritors who have squandered fortunes.
TRAVEL INSURANCE
Full coverage for the slippery slope
Leo D'Angelo Fisher Chances are travel insurance for domestic ski holidays is not on most to-do lists.
MIND OVER MONEY
Millennials 'shell out' for their Baby Boomer parents
Caitlin Fitzsimmons The real divide is not between Generation Y and their Baby Boomer parents, but between haves and have-nots.
RETIRE RIGHT
The three-bucket approach to lasting super
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon Once you get to retirement, how do you ensure your money lasts?
YOUR QUESTIONS
2017 deadline for age pensioners looms
George Cochrane Financial expert George Cochrane answers questions from readers.
RETIRE RIGHT
How much super you'll really need
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon There's a lot of discussion – and disagreement – about the size of the lump sum you will need at retirement.
How to fund a creative career
Christine Long Living the creative life is one filled with riches but rarely of the financial kind.
BOURIS ON MONEY
The six basic money personalities
Mark Bouris One way to approach your financial life is to first understand yourself: what drives you? Take our quiz to find out.
MONEY BRAIN
Mums – fit your own oxygen masks first
Catherine Robson This Mother's Day, I would encourage all mums to reframe the way they think about helping their kids and others that they love.
BUDGET 2016
Retirement transition scheme hobbled in budget
Mark Bouris Financial expert Mark Bouris gives his verdict on whether the transition-to-retirement (TTR) scheme is still worthwhile.
YOUR QUESTIONS
Why doesn't Centrelink reduce paperwork?
George Cochrane Money expert George Cochrane answers personal finance questions from readers.
MIND OVER MONEY
The trifecta of health, wealth and happiness
Caitlin Fitzsimmons Can money make you happy? It's not about how much you have, but what you do with it.
BUDGET 2016
Budget 2016: 10 changes for families
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon There wasn't much explicitly for working families, but there were a whole bunch of measures that will directly affect them.
RETIRE RIGHT
How to start planning for retirement
Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon The upside of headlines screaming "too poor to retire" and persistent talk about more changes to superannuation is that they make you think about the future. And if your kids have left home, you are perfectly positioned to make it a bright one.
ASK NOEL
How can I use equity in my home?
Noel Whittaker Financial expert Noel Whittaker answers personal finance questions from readers.
Budget, election and possible rate cut mean months of uncertainty
John Collett Tuesday's budget is unlikely to resolve uncertainty and lift consumer confidence.
YOUR QUESTIONS
Does real estate preserve capital?
George Cochrane Financial expert George Cochrane answers personal finance questions from readers.
MIND OVER MONEY
What Lego taught me about money
Caitlin Fitzsimmons I had a financial epiphany while building a Lego aeroplane with my kids.
How to make the perfect budget
Barbara Drury Governments of all persuasions are fond of comparing the federal budget with the humble household budget and exhorting us to live within our means.
RELATIONSHIPS
He says buy, she says sell
Kate Jones Sharing the savings isn't a marriage vow, but many couples know it's on the cards.
How to pay for a tertiary education
Olivia Maragna Finishing a degree can cost tens of thousands of dollars and leave you with a student loan that you'll spend a lifetime repaying
SUPER & FUNDS
Early retirement? You're dreamin'
John Collett More Australians want to retire early than just about any other nationality, but we are also less likely to afford it.
YOUR QUESTIONS
How do I recover a family loan in a divorce
George Cochrane A reader asks how she can recover a housing loan to her daughter, now that divorce is on the cards and her soon to be former son-in-law is claiming it is a gift.
ELDER ABUSE
Ripping off Granny and Grandpa
Christine Long "Inheritance impatience" is one of the drivers of elder financial abuse. At its ugliest it can see people cross the line into criminal behaviour.