Another election, another upset, another realisation. The realisation is that the pre-election polls distracted everyone from what quiet Australians were thinking. They were out of touch and a significant distraction. So be careful when you hear the first promises the re-elected government is sending the quiet Australians that retirement incomes...
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I’ve always left a case of beer out for our garbos each Christmas. However, this year they were not able to accept it. It’s ‘not part of council’s new code of conduct’. Really? I value the job done by our garbos in the early hours every Tuesday morning. Value was...
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[embed]https://youtu.be/4pCXySXeRLE?rel=0%20frameborder=0%20allowfullscreen/iframe[/embed]   For many inevitable reasons, traditional financial advice models are changing. To date, there have been two main aspects underpinning the delivery of personal financial advice. These two aspects have been the amount of money an individual has, and the financial products the individual requires.   Show us your...
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Penny works within a busy accounting and financial planning firm in Brisbane. Raised and spent most of her adult life in the small country town near Toowoomba, she knows all about close-knit Australian communities and how important they can be for each other. She's been a regular on our advice...
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Did you see this piece just before Christmas? Fin Services minister Kelly O'Dwyer putting forward legislation no less to empower ASIC with product intervention powers and ability to now ban aspects of long-standing remuneration practices where there's a direct link between remuneration and distribution - which is just about everywhere...
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