Centrelink

Keeping Centrelink out of Your Life

We recently came across a newspaper article that broke our hearts as financial advisers. The article is written by a lady with three special needs children, whose husband passed away unexpectedly in 2015. She has been incredibly resilient since that happened, but, gee, her life has been tough.

Dear Abbey

We love reading those ‘Dear Abbey’ type letters to the newspaper. Especially the financial ones. Here is a classic we read recently – and what we would do if this were our client.

Commonwealth Stimulus, Phase Two

Last week, we discussed the stimulus package that had been announced but not yet passed through Parliament. As we forecast, the Commonwealth Government then announced a second round of stimulus measures. Both packages were passed by Federal Parliament earlier this week.

Parents as co-purchasers of property

Increasingly, parents are helping adult children buy property. This might be to assist younger person to get started in the market, or to help a person get back on their feet after something like a relationship ending. This article discusses one way in which parents and children might come own property.

2017 Budget – Winners and Losers

Compared to previous years, the 2017 Budget was a bit of an anti-climax. In previous years, there have been a number of big-ticket changes - such as the big changes to superannuation that we have been discussing in recent articles. But this year there have simply been a whole lot of small changes, some of which will be of benefit and others will represent a small loss.