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Getting a few extra dollars in your pocket doesn’t have to involve major, life-changing decisions.

Nine ways you can be richer by this time next year

As another year rolls around, it’s a good time to consider how small changes can make a big impact on your wealth this time next year.

  • Nina Hendy

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Four ways to fast-track your finances before 2025

December is a time for new resolutions, but often people overcomplicate financial goals. Here’s how you can fast-track your progress in just three weeks.

  • Paridhi Jain
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Three common money conundrums – and why they’re all lies

We all think about money in different ways, but our worries tend to manifest in some common concerns.

  • Paridhi Jain
Spending your life living high on the hog could be masking some deeper troubles with money.

How to end the cycle of financial self-sabotage

One step forward, two steps back. Is that what your financial life feels like? Fixing this isn’t really about money – it’s about how you think.

  • Paridhi Jain
There is no level of wealth that automatically sets you free from financial anxiety, but there are ways you can start to manage it.

Rich or poor, everyone worries about money. Here’s how to stop

There is no level of wealth that automatically sets you free from financial anxiety, but there are ways you can start to manage it.

  • Paridhi Jain
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Why you should forget what your parents taught you about money

Money lessons your parents taught you – both good and bad – could be hindering you as an adult.

  • Paridhi Jain
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Financial adviser Dawn Thomas.

The simple money lessons financial advisers wish were taught in school

Did you learn about taxes in high school? What about superannuation or shares?

  • Caterina Hrysomallis
Tupperware, Thermomix and Amway are all popular MLMs.

They’re perfectly legal, but these business ‘cults’ should be shamed

Ask a friend whether they’ve ever lost someone to the cult of multi-level marketing and there’s a pretty high chance they will answer “yes”.

  • Victoria Devine
Reality TV is mindless, vapid, and brings out the worst in people (and often stars the worst people). And you know what? You’re right. But that’s one of the reasons why people – myself included – love it so much.

What can reality TV teach us about money? More than you’d think

Past the fake tan and veneers, seeing discussions about insecurities, vulnerabilities, or hairy topics like money can be extremely helpful and informative.

  • Victoria Devine
Avoidance is a common reason why people procrastinate acting on their financial goals.

Three reasons your finances feel ‘too hard’ to tackle

Getting stuck in financial avoidance is not a simple matter of laziness or irresponsibility. The roots of the problem go much deeper.

  • Paridhi Jain

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