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James KirbyAssociate Editor – Wealth

James Kirby, Associate Editor-Wealth, is one of Australia’s most experienced financial journalists. James hosts The Australian’s twice-weekly Money Puzzle podcast.He is a regular commentator on radio and television, the author of several business biographies and has served on the Walkley Awards Advisory BoardHe was a co-founder and managing editor at Business Spectator and Eureka Report and has previously worked at the Australian Financial Review and the South China Morning Post. Since January 2025 James is a director of Ecstra, the financial literacy foundation.

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Business

Next year’s major money trap

A trendy piece of advice could leave investors severely worse off in 2017 | WATCH

James Kirby

Q&AWealth

Pension changes: Are you ready?

With the focus on superannuation tweaks, some have missed the significance of looming cutbacks elsewhere.

James Kirby

Wealth

14/09/2004 PIRATE: 14/09/2004. A private property sign adorns the fence of the exclusive Melbourne Grammar school which will receive a funding cut under a proposal from Australia's opposition Labor Party, in Melbourne. Labor Party leader Mark Latham announced a promise to deliver an extra 1.9 billion dollars (1.33 billion US) to state-funded schools and to slash government subsidies to elite private schools, in a pre-election appeal to the Labor Party's traditional heartland while campaigning in Melbourne's outer suburbs.

How to pay the school fees

It’s a question reverberating around many homes this month, but there are some ways to soften the costs.

James Kirby

Wealth

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Are you short on super?

It’s time to make sure you’re receiving all of your super entitlements |VIDEO

James Kirby

Q&AWealth

Unpaid super: What to do?

Wealth Editor James Kirby has answered subscriber questions on unpaid super. Read his comments below.

James Kirby

Wealth

Super problems? What to do

Two million Australians are being shortchanged on super payments, research has found. Here is how to get what you are due.

James Kirby

Wealth

Seven steps to making money

Super, stocks, even cash … where your funds can grow. Here are seven things to be thinking about now ahead of 2017.

James Kirby

Wealth

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Banks now warning on property

Investors and home owners won’t need a market downturn to have a painful experience| WITH VIDEO

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Q&ABusiness

Property and new super rules

Are you ready for the new rules on superannuation and property? Wealth Editor James Kirby has answered your questions.

James Kirby

Wealth

Key features of final super laws

A cap of $1.6 million is to be introduced on July 1 on the funds from which you can draw tax-free pension income.

James Kirby

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