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Hail to Gail? Why wait for the banks — make your money work harder! 16/11/2009 11:53:00 AM, Michelle Hutchison Our banks have been barking about the heavy taxing on the interest we earn from our savings accounts for a while now. So it shouldn't come as a shock to hear that on the day of Westpac's announcement of its 2008-09 financial results, CEO Gail Kelly basically blamed the federal government for its over-taxing on our savings.
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Get ready now for new laws: tougher on loans 9/11/2009 10:02:00 AM, Michelle Hutchison

This week my husband and I applied for a home loan. Even though we have been through the process once before — collecting all of our paperwork, doing the sums, searching for the best home-loan deal on the market and finding a property to buy — there was still a lot of work to do to get our application in order and sent off.

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The credit card generation destroying the piggy bank 2/11/2009 12:41:00 PM, Michelle Hutchison After reading about a study conducted by St George Bank, I realised my earlier spending habits were not unique. In fact, the study found that almost all of generation Y surveyed had borrowed money informally from friends. That works out to be $2.6 billion changing hands through IOUs by gen Y every year.
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The upside to downsizing 26/10/2009 2:50:00 PM, Michelle Hutchison

A friend of mine was the last of her siblings to move out of her mother's home on the weekend. Sarah's mum, Julie, is now in a big empty house — apart from her golden retriever, Daisy. Sarah knows her mum should downsize to save on costs, but they just don't know where to start.

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What's all the fuss about? 12/10/2009 3:12:00 PM, Michelle Hutchison The media has gone stir-crazy over the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) lifting the official cash rate a quarter of a percent on Tuesday. It made the headline news story on every TV station on Tuesday night and was rife throughout the week's papers and online. But what is all the fuss about? I was asked this question by one of my good friends, who started panicking amid the hype of the moment.
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What women should want: a better home-loan deal! 1/10/2009 3:10:00 PM, Michelle Hutchison Last week I came across a report by ANZ bank in conjunction with The Smith Family, which published the frightening results of a financial literacy survey.
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Investors: where do you go when the banks say no? 3/09/2009 2:37:00 PM, Virginia Graham The ramifications of the global financial crisis (GFC) have been many. Lower interest rates and lower petrol prices are two of the positives, but higher unemployment and a tightening of credit policy by the banks are two negatives.
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Recession Wedding 8/07/2009 3:51:00 PM, Virginia Graham, Flirting with Finance I asked my friend the other day how she was going to spend her $900 tax rebate, thinking she would spend the money on something such as a television or shoes. Instead, she told me a wedding dress, possibly some presents for her flower girls and maybe some money towards the nibbles for her wedding party.
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Debt free or wrinkle free - what would bring you more peace of mind? 1/06/2009 12:00:00 AM, Flirting with Finance author Virginia Graha

According to the governments recent 'Understanding Money Report' 25% of women have no savings for retirement. Virginia Graham looks into this phenomenon.

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Grocery Wars? Don't fight it - just be old fashioned 25/05/2009 12:00:00 AM, Flirting with Finance author Virginia Graha

Are you sick of hearing the same old thing drolled out about how grocery shop XXX etc is cheaper if you REALLY want to save money yet with grocery shop YYY etc you get what you pay for? Here Virginia Graham talks how to save at the check-out.

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