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Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Brisbane Times

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This super strategy can help you avoid the ‘death tax’

This super strategy can help you avoid the ‘death tax’

If you’re not careful, the money you still have in super could be significantly taxed once you pass.

10.01.2025 7

WA Today

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

This super strategy can help you avoid the ‘death tax’

This super strategy can help you avoid the ‘death tax’
10.01.2025 9

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

This super strategy can help you avoid the ‘death tax’

This super strategy can help you avoid the ‘death tax’
10.01.2025 10

The Age

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

This super strategy can help you avoid the ‘death tax’

This super strategy can help you avoid the ‘death tax’

If you’re not careful, the money you still have in super could be significantly taxed once you pass.

10.01.2025 7

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Five ways to get a leg up on the property ladder (including one new one)

It has taken so long that it’s almost the next generation that will benefit, but the Help to Buy shared housing equity legislation finally...

30.11.2024 4

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Five ways to get a leg up on the property ladder (including one new one)

It has taken so long that it’s almost the next generation that will benefit, but the Help to Buy shared housing equity legislation finally...

30.11.2024 10

The Age

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

How paying car insurance monthly could cost you twice

As bad luck goes, on April 5, this year, Jacinta* and her husband had a lot of it. Both of their cars were parked out the front of their Sydney...

22.11.2024 2

WA Today

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

How paying car insurance monthly could cost you twice

As bad luck goes, on April 5, this year, Jacinta* and her husband had a lot of it. Both of their cars were parked out the front of their Sydney...

22.11.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

How paying car insurance monthly could cost you twice

As bad luck goes, on April 5, this year, Jacinta* and her husband had a lot of it. Both of their cars were parked out the front of their Sydney...

22.11.2024 2

The Age

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

How paying car insurance monthly could cost you twice

As bad luck goes, on April 5, this year, Jacinta* and her husband had a lot of it. Both of their cars were parked out the front of their Sydney...

22.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

There’s more to a happy early retirement than $73,000 a year

A friend of mine once said he thought there were three keys to happiness: someone to love, something to do and some things to look forward to. And...

15.11.2024 3

WA Today

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

There’s more to a happy early retirement than $73,000 a year

A friend of mine once said he thought there were three keys to happiness: someone to love, something to do and some things to look forward to. And...

15.11.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

There’s more to a happy early retirement than $73,000 a year

A friend of mine once said he thought there were three keys to happiness: someone to love, something to do and some things to look forward to. And...

15.11.2024 5

The Age

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

There’s more to a happy early retirement than $73,000 a year

A friend of mine once said he thought there were three keys to happiness: someone to love, something to do and some things to look forward to. And...

15.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Should I use my savings to pay down my mortgage?

Hi Nicole, wondering what your thoughts are on making extra home loan repayments on our fixed term loan before our 1.89 per cent rate expires in...

08.11.2024 2

WA Today

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Should I use my savings to pay down my mortgage?

Hi Nicole, wondering what your thoughts are on making extra home loan repayments on our fixed term loan before our 1.89 per cent rate expires in...

08.11.2024 6

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Should I use my savings to pay down my mortgage?

Hi Nicole, wondering what your thoughts are on making extra home loan repayments on our fixed term loan before our 1.89 per cent rate expires in...

08.11.2024 2

The Age

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Should I use my savings to pay down my mortgage?

Hi Nicole, wondering what your thoughts are on making extra home loan repayments on our fixed term loan before our 1.89 per cent rate expires in...

08.11.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Play the rate cycle right, and you could save $242,700 on your mortgage

There are very few bets on a Melbourne Cup Day rate cut, but it’s important not to miss that Wednesday’s inflation reading was a winner. Coming in...

01.11.2024 4

The Age

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Play the rate cycle right, and you could save $242,700 on your mortgage

There are very few bets on a Melbourne Cup Day rate cut, but it’s important not to miss that Wednesday’s inflation reading was a winner. Coming in...

01.11.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

The quiet, yet significant, change to Qantas’ frequent flyer scheme

For cheap-travel fanatics like me, when the clock strikes 10am (AEST) on the date precisely 353 days before you want to travel, it’s action...

25.10.2024 4

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Forget tradies. It’s the kids who’ll suffer if cash disappears

Won’t someone think of the children? Last week we took another distressing step towards losing a vital teaching tool for our kids: cash. Analysis...

19.10.2024 4

WA Today

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Forget tradies. It’s the kids who’ll suffer if cash disappears

Won’t someone think of the children? Last week we took another distressing step towards losing a vital teaching tool for our kids: cash. Analysis...

19.10.2024 3

The Age

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Forget tradies. It’s the kids who’ll suffer if cash disappears

Won’t someone think of the children? Last week we took another distressing step towards losing a vital teaching tool for our kids: cash. Analysis...

19.10.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Why now could be the very worst time to fix your mortgage

Forget the fixed rate “cliff”, the now-common buzz phrase for the phenomenally steep aftermath faced by Aussies smart enough to sign...

27.09.2024 3

WA Today

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Why now could be the very worst time to fix your mortgage

Forget the fixed rate “cliff”, the now-common buzz phrase for the phenomenally steep aftermath faced by Aussies smart enough to sign...

27.09.2024 3

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Why now could be the very worst time to fix your mortgage

Forget the fixed rate “cliff”, the now-common buzz phrase for the phenomenally steep aftermath faced by Aussies smart enough to sign...

27.09.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Despite our parental leave win, super is still sexist

You probably know that women typically retire with 25 per cent less super than men. But do you realise that’s because super is – while not...

20.09.2024 2

WA Today

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Despite our parental leave win, super is still sexist

You probably know that women typically retire with 25 per cent less super than men. But do you realise that’s because super is – while not...

20.09.2024 2

The Age

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Despite our parental leave win, super is still sexist

You probably know that women typically retire with 25 per cent less super than men. But do you realise that’s because super is – while not...

20.09.2024 3

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

How to safeguard your super from sharemarket volatility

Real Money, a free weekly newsletter giving expert tips on how to save, invest and make the most of your money, is sent every Sunday. You’re...

14.09.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Women work 50 days extra to equal men’s pay. Here’s a way to fix that

Just 50 days into the new financial year, we’ve passed Equal Pay Day, which occurred on Monday. From now on in, men and women’s earnings match for...

23.08.2024 1

The Age

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

I’m recently divorced. Should I pay off my mortgage or boost my super?

Hi Nicole, I have become single recently, unfortunately, at age 55. I am a professional woman but desperately need some advice on how to move...

09.08.2024 2

The Age

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

When scammers stole my Instagram, they even took pictures of my kids

It started as a trickle and soon became a flood. One recent Sunday, friend after follower began messaging me one thing: my professional Instagram...

02.08.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Three ways your boss could be raiding your super

When the clock struck midnight on June 30, super changed a little. What this, and evolutions from other financial years, means is that your boss...

19.07.2024 2

The Age

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Three ways your boss could be raiding your super

When the clock struck midnight on June 30, super changed a little. What this, and evolutions from other financial years, means is that your boss...

19.07.2024 1

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Giving money to your kids? Here’s how to avoid catastrophe

Hi Nicole, I have a fully paid off, large house and a bit (not a lot) of ready cash. I also have two adult children. My son and his wife have...

12.07.2024 1

The Sydney Morning Herald

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon

Giving money to your kids? Here’s how to avoid catastrophe

Hi Nicole, I have a fully paid off, large house and a bit (not a lot) of ready cash. I also have two adult children. My son and his wife have...

12.07.2024 2

Brisbane Times

Nicole Pedersen-Mckinnon