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International Women's Day
This International Women's Day, call BS on the scarcity mindset
It's a very female trait to have a scarcity mindset where you don't think you're enough.
- by Melissa Browne
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Analysis
Jobs
There's a female jobs boom, and it's good for the whole economy
There is an important detail within Australia's jobs boom that you may well have missed: a disproportionate share of these jobs are being filled by women.
- by Clancy Yeates
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International Women's Day
Young women are seeking out higher-paying professions
Being a young woman in a male-dominated field, hasn’t deterred Jessica Massih from chasing her dream of becoming an engineer.
- by Bianca Hartge-Hazelman
Q&A
Ask an expert
Energy discount for seniors of low means
Personal finance expert Noel Whittaker answers your questions.
- by Noel Whittaker
Q&A
Superannuation
Setting up superannuation for children
Personal finance expert George Cochrane answers your questions.
- by George Cochrane
Money psychology
The case for getting real about what you want in money and in life
With money, as with life, it is surprisingly easy to proceed with what is right in front of you without thinking about the fact there might be another way.
- by Georgina Dent
Family finance
FIRE followers Down Under seek early retirement
Underwhelmed by the prospect of spending decades paying off a mortgage and locking super until you're 60? The FIRE movement might be for you.
- by Sylvia Pennington
Pension
How the age pension measures corporate and personal assets
Personal finance expert George Cochrane answers your questions.
- by George Cochrane
Scrimp, save and borrow: how parents pay for private school fees
It is often assumed parents largely select schools from among those that they can afford, without having to go into debt.
- by John Collett
Analysis
Pension
The hazards of downsizing in retirement
It’s vital to consider the social security implications of selling the family home and having more investment assets.
- by Daryl Dixon
'We bought an MDF coffin and painted it': funerals can be dead cheap
Consumers can be taken advantage of when they're arranging the funeral of a loved one.
- by John Collett