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Hi Scott I read your ‘How much you really need for your retirement?’ column a few weeks ago, and I…
Scott, I felt chilled to the bone when I read about that poor family who lost their house deposit to…
The email came through with the subject line ‘REGRET’. Scott, My partner and I are both professionals in our early…
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Wow-wee! Last week’s column – on how much you need to retire – triggered an avalanche of reader responses. “That’s…
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Let me tell you about the worst speech I’ve ever given in my life. It happened five years ago when…
It’s been almost a year since I decided to stop drinking. It all started when we headed off in the…
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Hi Scott, Six years ago we were in deep trouble. I hadn’t worked for years as I’d been looking after…
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Wally, my long-suffering editor, knows he has a hot question when it’s written in ALL CAPS. Here’s one that landed…
Hi Scott, I’m a single woman in my fifties. Not long ago I was homeless and in debt. Then I…
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Hi Scott Two years ago, my wife and I had five credit cards topping $70,000 and seemingly no way out.…
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Hi Scott, With more equity in the house this year, I built up the courage to contact our bank, CBA,…
Scott, I have written a book that aims to help people through the process of getting fired, because I think…