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Money magazine is Australia’s longest-running, highest-selling and most-read personal finance magazine. Money magazine provides credible, independent, easy-to-understand financial advice to help its readers save money and make the most of their investments.

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Letter of the month • Read the fine print in super insurance cover

When parents help the kids: doing more harm than good? • From Ask Paul: My wife won't stop giving our adult kids handouts

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What's one piece of advice about money you know you should be following but don't?

Come clean about a dirty obsession • Many Aussies would rather stop eating out than let go of the cleaner, but there's a way to enjoy both

THE BUZZ $3.5bn incentive to be handed out in a bid to fix housing crisis

Beat the tax-return headaches

The brutal reality

Profit from reinvested earnings

BOOK OF THE MONTH • DON'T STRESS, JUST INVEST

PODCAST OF THE MONTH • FRIENDS WITH MONEY #108: THE KEY TO RETIRING RICH

Hobby income is in the crosshairs

SNAPSHOT Cold comfort for energy users

COST OF LIVING 1 million Aussies juggle two jobs

Mobile phones resist the downturn

AUCTION RESULTS Clearance rates high as housing recovers

Stress increases along with rents

ASX NEWCOMERS All quiet on the listings front

Stretched budgets dampen enthusiasm

FAVOURITES Baby boomers bet on blue chips

HOLD Resmed (RMD) The Intelligent Investor Graham Witcomb

A people person changes the rules of war

Should I pay cash for a house then borrow to buy shares?

Quality of life comes before wealth creation

Elderly relative won't pay bills and risks losing home

We're living longer, so stick with a long-term growth portfolio

Increase your firepower in the property buyer's Wild West

SMART SPENDING • Destination Galle, Sri Lanka

How your car can pay you back

Beauty of imperfection • Simplicity and softness meet hard metal in this folded brass sculpture by Sydney-based artist Clementine Stoney Maconachie. Perfect Father's Day gift for the man who has everything?

2020 Juniper Crossing Original Red, $18

2022 Giant Steps ‘Applejack Vineyard’ Pinot Noir, $90

Perfect gadgets for the toughest of times

The Kids’ Cancer Project

SNAP SEND SOLVE

Share in ASEAN's growth • ASEAN countries are experiencing rapid expansion, providing opportunities for investors who are looking for long-term gains

BUY, KEEP OR SELL • Make the most of your property decisions

The great divide • Home ownership can provide emotional and financial security, but high property prices mean an increasing number of Aussies face a lifetime of renting. We compare how the two groups can expect to fare

AN INVESTING JOURNEY – 1990 TO 2023

Clear the deposit hurdle • Rather than waiting to save the normal 20% – and perhaps watch prices rise even more – there are shortcuts to ownership that will get you into your home sooner

Investors can ease the strain • As well as receiving attractive returns, landlords are helping to provide much-needed accommodation at a challenging time

Tax concessions are a bonus

HOW WE CHOSE THE BEST • To help Money bring you these 2023 Consumer Finance Awards, Rainmaker Information, publisher of Money, worked with the magazine to ask subscribers in a special readership questionnaire which bank they used and how they rated it for products and features, customer service and digital. The life insurance awards research was conducted by Rainmaker in partnership with Plan For Life. ALEX DUNNIN explains how we did it.

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