The Australian’s Money Cafe: Pay the mortgage or top up super?

If you have a mortgage then your interest rate bill is going up – so does it still make sense to be swinging money into super?

James KirbyWealth Editor

Interest rates and superannuation contributions are discussed in this week’s episode of The Australian’s Money Cafe podcast.

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5:04PMJuly 28, 2022

The Australian Business Network

If you have a mortgage then your interest rate bill is going up – so does it still make sense to be swinging money into super?

Financial adviser and author Bruce Brammall joins The Australian’s Wealth editor James Kirby on this week’s episode of The Australian’s Money Cafe podcast.

Also in this week’s episode

• 2022 – Nowhere to run, nowhere to hide

• How did the RBA get it so wrong?

• Tracking down Listed Investment Companies

• Bond market scams – the latest

Questions always welcome at moneycafe@theaustralian.com.au.

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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.

@kirby_journo

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