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How your old, dormant bank accounts can cost you big
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Analysis

How your old, dormant bank accounts can cost you big

Saving that unused account for a rainy day? You might want to think twice about that.

  • by Caterina Hrysomallis

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Is your self-care breaking the bank? How to afford better wellbeing
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Wellbeing

Is your self-care breaking the bank? How to afford better wellbeing

The lines between “self-care” and “indulgence” have become blurred, but real self-care doesn’t have to cost a lot of money.

  • by Paridhi Jain
Six ways to set yourself up for a financially successful 2023
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Opinion

Six ways to set yourself up for a financially successful 2023

Soaring energy prices, rising mortgage rates and falling real wages: the new year looks set to throw its fair share of challenges at your personal finances.

  • by Jessica Irvine
‘I prefer to create experiences rather than buying possessions’

‘I prefer to create experiences rather than buying possessions’

Dominic Soh spent Melbourne’s long lockdowns learning more about investing and undertaking professional development to further his career.

  • by Nina Hendy
9 resolutions for the new financial year (and how to stick to them)
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Opinion

9 resolutions for the new financial year (and how to stick to them)

It’s winter now, and a bit of cosying up with your personal finances is in order as we approach the new financial year.

  • by Jessica Irvine
Six money lessons I learnt in 2021
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Opinion

Six money lessons I learnt in 2021

Here is a wrap-up of some of the main things I learnt about money amid a global pandemic in 2021.

  • by Jessica Irvine
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Money with Jess: My best budgeting tips of all time...

Money with Jess: My best budgeting tips of all time...

Since early 2021, Jessica Irvine has been putting a weekly budget tip in her free Money with Jess newsletter. If you missed any of them, here they all are!

  • by Jessica Irvine
40 things I wish I knew about money before turning 40
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Opinion

40 things I wish I knew about money before turning 40

Experience is everything. Here are a few helpful hints if you are young to put you on the right path to financial freedom.

  • by Jessica Irvine
How to create a household budget from scratch
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Budgeting

How to create a household budget from scratch

If I could only offer you one piece of money advice, it would be this: track your spending.

  • by Jessica Irvine
No pockets, no sympathy
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No pockets, no sympathy

Twenty-pound notes not for the likes of us.

Why I’ve decided to contribute extra into my super account

Why I’ve decided to contribute extra into my super account

You can easily score a slice of this government-sanctioned tax-minimisation strategy, if you want it.

  • by Jessica Irvine