Episodes

  • Cost of Living Secrets: How to ask for a pay rise

    Cost of Living Secrets: How to ask for a pay rise
    Apr 23 2025
    What is the best way to start a discussion with your employer about getting a pay rise? In this episode we break down how to approach your boss, what type of industries are more likely to get a pay rise now, and negotiating more money when you start a new job. Dave Cawley from Hays recruitment looks at what strategies work and what strategies do not.
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    22 mins
  • Cost of Living Secrets: Subscriptions

    Cost of Living Secrets: Subscriptions
    Apr 16 2025
    Streaming services, meal plans, product deliveries, gym memberships just some of the subscription services on offer. What are the ways some companies encourage you to subscribe and to what extent do they make it hard to unsubscribe?
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    23 mins
  • Cost of Living Secrets: Insurance

    Cost of Living Secrets: Insurance
    Apr 9 2025
    With so many different types of insurance - car, home, health and travel - it can be difficult to know what’s needed and what’s not. How essential is insurance and how can you negotiate a better price? Jodi Bird is the insurance expert from CHOICE and helps us look at the current market.
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    33 mins
  • Cost of Living Secrets: Housing

    Cost of Living Secrets: Housing
    Apr 2 2025
    The average new home loan size hit a record high in December 2024. According to the bureau of statistics that is now $666,000, making it difficult for first time buyers to enter the market. Curtin University’s Professor Rachel Ong ViforJ looks closely at the pros and cons of housing entry schemes such as the first homebuyers grant and shared equity schemes.
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    27 mins
  • Cost of Living Secrets: Financial Planning

    Cost of Living Secrets: Financial Planning
    Apr 2 2025
    What kind of financial planners are out there, and do you even need one? This episode looks closely at financial planning, the costs, what to do if you cannot afford one and how to spot a reputable financial planner. Ben Nash from Pivot Wealth also explains what kind of financial planning you need at different life stages.
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    28 mins
  • Cost of Living Secrets: Side Hustles

    Cost of Living Secrets: Side Hustles
    Apr 2 2025
    Thinking of a side hustle or a second job? ABS data in September 2024 showed 986,400 people had multiple jobs. From mowing lawns, supplying digital services, to becoming a delivery driver, Amanda Rose from Western Sydney Women talks tax implications, promoting your services and how to charge appropriately.
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    20 mins
  • Cost of Living Secrets: Petrol

    Cost of Living Secrets: Petrol
    May 28 2024
    Petrol is one of the biggest weekly expenses for households and while prices have come down from their recent records, they’re still historically high.
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    22 mins
  • Cost of Living Secrets: Nutrition

    Cost of Living Secrets: Nutrition
    May 21 2024
    With food prices continuing to bite at the checkout, more and more Australians are on the lookout for ways to save on one of life's most basic and essential necessities: food.
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    25 mins