Secret to a warm inheritance: A ‘hand up’ rather than ‘hand out’
As our columnists, Angela Mollard and Rory Gibson, contemplate helping their kids buy their own homes, the experts weigh in with some excellent, and unexpected, advice.
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Hey Meghan, Gwyneth, fashion police, drop the BS. Elevate this
It’s aspiration monetised. Scrambled eggs “elevated” with chilli oil, supplements to “elevate” health, jeans “elevated” by a belt. Why not try real contentment on for size, asks Angela Mollard
Inheritance impatience: Should you cash up the kids before you die?
Research shows seven out of 10 parents aged over 50 intend to give their children an early inheritance. Partners Rory Gibson and Angela Mollard give a candid insight into their own conundrums with their blended family.
Why modern blokes are retreating to their man caves
While #MeToo was a reckoning we needed, it’s also deeply divided genders – with men now terrified of saying the wrong thing, writes Angela Mollard.
How I’m turning $10K into half a million dollars for my retirement
At first, I thought it was too good to be true. How could a few years working in London in my 20s translate to a $480,000 windfall in retirement? Here’s how, writes Angela Mollard.
Hit TV show that made me realise I’d failed my daughters
Adolescence may be fiction, but it crystallises the failure of a generation learning to take a photo on an iPhone 3 while their children were being lured by porn and nasty apps which encouraged bullying and male toxicity, writes Angela Mollard.
In celebration of an invisible underclass
Husbands with cancer, mums with dementia, neurodivergent kids. An army of carers — so often overlooked — are the hidden glue that keeps our communities soldered with their quiet love.
#Vanlife or #scamlife? Nitpicking grey nomads and peeing in a cup
Angela Mollard did a deep dive on van lifers and grey nomads. She found it’s not all glorious global wanderers, but smelly, clique-forming travellers as tight-arsed and dull as they are back home.
‘To be struggling financially in my 50s felt like the ultimate failure’
While Meghan Markle outs herself as someone who halves raspberries, Angela Mollard reveals the extent of her own financial hole – and how fessing up gave her power.
Why Canada doesn’t beat Australia on my barefoot index
Canada, which beat Australia as the most-desired relocation destination, is lovely for a holiday and full of perky people but is too snowbound to score on Angela Mollard’s barefoot index.
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