Your Two Cents Worth

Making a will and clearly understanding the consequences of your decisions can help you sleep at night.

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This episode takes us through the process of downsizing with Jillian McGrath, senior consulting agent with McGrath Estate Agents.

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In this episode we speak with experienced lawyer Alice Mantel, specialist in family and elder law about the financial aspects of so called ‘grey divorces’.

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Giving another person power over your affairs is one of the most important decisions you will make. In this episode, specialist in elder law Alice Mantel explains the differences between Power of Attorney, Enduring Power of Attorney and Enduring Guardianship.

In this episode, Reverend Tim Costello, gambling reform advocate and former head of World Vision Australia speaks with Lex Marinos who has close family members to have been afflicted by gambling addiction.

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In this episode, Justin Bott, Financial Information Officer from Services Australia, explains how downsizing, moving into a granny flat, a retirement village or aged care might affect your government entitlements.

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A retirement village might be a good downsizing option, but it’s a major decision and you need to do your financial and legal homework before committing. Lex and Patricia speak with Retirement Village Ambassador Kathryn Greiner about the costs of retirement village living.

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Today’s episode of Your Two Cents Worth covers retirement income streams with Justin Bott from Services Australia Financial Information Service.

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In this episode we hear about the Grandparent Advisers, a free service to advise people who have taken on primary caring responsibility for grandchildren, including grandparents, kinship carers and foster carers.

In today’s episode, Paul Versteege, Policy Officer from the Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association throws a challenge – do you want to be financially secure now, or when you’re dead? Listen now to find out how to you make the post-retirement income equation work best so you have a good lifestyle and make the most of the capital you have.

On today’s episode Paul Versteege, Policy Manager for the Combined Pensioners and Superannuants Association wants people to be more aware of funeral costs and take the initiative in planning their funeral, and paying for it, well in advance.

In this episode, some advice from Choice campaigns and policy adviser Patrick Veyret, on how to be a smart and informed consumer when making major expensive purchases.

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Romance scams are more common than you think and now operate on a global scale. Delia Rickard, Deputy Chair of the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission has some advice on how to avoid such scams.

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Are you a customer who feels aggrieved about the behaviour of banks? Patrick Verrey from Choice Magazine says it’s not as hard to change banks as you might think.

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Scams can ruin people’s lives, and there’s little that can be done to retrieve people’s hard-earned money.

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Timeshare is where a property has a divided form of ownership, usually in holiday units. Patrick Verray, finance specialist from Choice, says that they are drawing attention to breaches of the law and are lobbying for tighter regulation.

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Lola Smith from the Australian Shareholders Association, says there are differences in how men and women talk about money and their finances. It can mean women don’t take up opportunities to actively manage their finances and build their wealth through investment.

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Elliott Rosen, from the Clean Energy Council, the peak body for the renewable energy sector in Australia, has sound advice for people considering getting solar panels installed. 

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In this episode, we speak with Uta Mihm, a health insurance specialist from the consumer organisation, Choice about the pros and cons. She worked on the Choice online tool designed to compare more than thirty health insurance funds.

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