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- 0:00Speaker 1: My name is Natasha Bamblett. I'm a proud First Nations
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- 0:44Speaker 2: She's on the money.
- 0:45Speaker 3: She's on the money. She's on the money. Hello and
- 0:52Speaker 3: welcome to Shiz on the Money, the podcast where we
- 0:55Speaker 3: usually cover all of the issues concerning your personal wealth
- 0:58Speaker 3: goals so you can feel more in control of your
- 0:59Speaker 3: financial future. But not today. Today, we are trading all
- 1:04Speaker 3: that fin talk in for something more frivolous. Friday drinks,
- 1:07Speaker 3: that special time of the week where we gather for
- 1:09Speaker 3: laid back chats about your money wins, bro tips and
- 1:12Speaker 3: any unhinged questions that you may have for us. If
- 1:14Speaker 3: you aren't already acquainted, she's the karaoke forward, sometimes mosaicist,
- 1:19Speaker 3: lover of a scratchy towel, Beck Syatt.
- 1:22Speaker 4: Hi.
- 1:23Speaker 3: How fun are the intros? That's so cute. They're so nice.
- 1:26Speaker 3: And of course, I'm Jess. Some of you know me
- 1:28Speaker 3: as the She's On The Money Partnerships Manager, co-host, and
- 1:31Speaker 3: lover of a white lacy top. BD's not here today. No.
- 1:34Speaker 4: And I tell you what, that intro for you, I personally,
- 1:38Speaker 4: I'd be saying a lot more.
- 1:39Speaker 3: Oh, stop it. Are you kidding? That's very sweet of you.
- 1:44Speaker 3: In fact, we both have some experience with investing, but
- 1:46Speaker 3: has the decision to invest ever put you in a
- 1:49Speaker 3: state of fight, flight, or freeze? Me? Maybe. I'm keen
- 1:54Speaker 3: to get into it. Well, I asked because this week
- 1:56Speaker 3: we'll be discussing the dilemmas around starting a share portfolio,
- 1:59Speaker 3: plus where you might consider investing if your partner is
- 2:02Speaker 3: a temporary visa holder. Of course, we'll also be covering
- 2:05Speaker 3: an important question of the week, as well as a
- 2:07Speaker 3: few choice tips on how to push your dollar further.
- 2:09Speaker 3: But before all of that, we'll take a quick break.
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- 3:12Speaker 3: money when she's a grown up. That's gorgeous. I wish
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- 3:31Speaker 3: I love knowing the book is now going to be
- 3:32Speaker 3: in your rotation and present for the classroom. I certainly
- 3:36Speaker 3: wish that I'd learned this stuff when I was in school.
- 3:38Speaker 3: And I feel like a lot of people probably feel
- 3:40Speaker 3: the same. Absolutely. If you ever have any questions for us,
- 3:43Speaker 3: please send them through. Please. All right. Speaking of questions,
- 3:46Speaker 3: here's today's question of the week. It comes from none
- 3:49Speaker 3: other than VibrantRabbit4322. I'm the birth certificate. Of course. Not
- 3:54Speaker 3: to be mistaken for VibrantRabbit4321. Of course.
- 3:59Speaker 2: Ah, okay, yes.
- 4:01Speaker 3: Who asks, what is your ideal date night? Oh, that's
- 4:05Speaker 3: so cute. You're so one for a fun date night.
- 4:08Speaker 3: I'm excited to hear your answer. You're so sweet. I
- 4:11Speaker 3: love a date night.
- 4:11Speaker 4: And I tell you what, this question has come at
- 4:14Speaker 4: the worst time and the best time now that I am.
- 4:18Speaker 4: Very single and yearning. And Jess, if you're listening, let's
- 4:21Speaker 4: get back together. My favorite kind of date night. I
- 4:25Speaker 4: like one that's like themed. I love a themed date night.
- 4:28Speaker 4: And also I like something that's cozy. We're not spending
- 4:31Speaker 4: money in my dream date night. So we're at home.
- 4:34Speaker 4: I'll just pick one that I actually have done, but
- 4:36Speaker 4: it was like, I transformed my room into a movie theater.
- 4:39Speaker 3: I'm not sure if everyone remembers.
- 4:42Speaker 4: And you know, I had like candy bar, the red
- 4:44Speaker 4: and white stripes, fake movie curtains, movie tickets. I had
- 4:50Speaker 4: a friend check the tickets and I mean, she patted
- 4:53Speaker 4: us down.
- 4:54Speaker 3: She didn't need to. We had the full experience.
- 5:00Speaker 4: I don't remember getting patted down going to a cinema, but,
- 5:03Speaker 4: you know, it was just really, really fun. So something
- 5:05Speaker 4: like that where you can like. do a bit of
- 5:07Speaker 4: role play and also arts and crafts and also had
- 5:12Speaker 4: like money, like, you know, the prices on the menu
- 5:14Speaker 4: for the candy bar, like 10 cents or anything, you know,
- 5:17Speaker 4: it was like just really fun. So that kind of
- 5:18Speaker 4: thing where it's like silly, playful, think of something you'd
- 5:22Speaker 4: do with your own children. If you didn't have children,
- 5:24Speaker 4: you could still have fun doing that with adults. So
- 5:27Speaker 4: that's probably.
- 5:28Speaker 3: My kind of fun. And do you... Oh, I love that.
- 5:33Speaker 3: I feel like our go-to is dinner and a movie.
- 5:35Speaker 3: Like that's one of our favorite activities. If we're going
- 5:37Speaker 3: like ideal dream money object, I do love like a
- 5:44Speaker 3: evening museum gallery show. Oh my God, I love a
- 5:47Speaker 3: night at the theater, something like that. And then a
- 5:50Speaker 3: dinner at a fun restaurant in the city that we
- 5:52Speaker 3: don't normally get to go to. Totally. That is my dream.
- 5:55Speaker 3: But obviously, it's quite expensive. So it's like that's not
- 5:58Speaker 3: a regular.
- 5:58Speaker 4: Sure.
- 5:59Speaker 3: But it is very fun. Oh, my God. So, so fun.
- 6:01Speaker 3: Have you been to Gimlet? I think I have been
- 6:04Speaker 3: once with Victoria. Oh, gorgeous.
- 6:06Speaker 1: Yeah.
- 6:06Speaker 3: My favorite in the city, I love Chin Chin. I
- 6:09Speaker 3: know it's very basic, but I love Chin Chin. Yes.
- 6:11Speaker 3: I haven't been there yet. It's like a diner. Oh.
- 6:14Speaker 3: But I would love to go. Yeah, we should go sometime.
- 6:16Speaker 3: It's really, really good. And it's close by to like
- 6:18Speaker 3: a few of the theatres too. Gorgeous. Amazing. Well, maybe
- 6:23Speaker 3: we should do a poll. We'd love to hear what
- 6:24Speaker 3: kind of dates our listeners are going on. After all,
- 6:26Speaker 3: we are in a romance recession. Have you seen that data?
- 6:29Speaker 4: I haven't seen it, but I do know there was
- 6:30Speaker 4: like a big influx of breakups like the start of
- 6:34Speaker 4: the year.
- 6:34Speaker 3: Just like anecdotally you've noticed it. I've noticed it anecdotally.
- 6:38Speaker 3: Is that what this? Yeah, some data's come out that
- 6:40Speaker 3: says that, I can't remember the stats and I don't
- 6:42Speaker 3: want to say the wrong thing, but basically like a
- 6:45Speaker 3: certain percentage of people are dating less or not dating
- 6:48Speaker 3: at all because of how extensive it is, because of
- 6:50Speaker 3: the economy of it all. I see. Okay. And then,
- 6:53Speaker 3: of course, there is the male loneliness epidemic, though.
- 6:55Speaker 2: Well, of course.
- 6:56Speaker 4: I tell you what, top of my list of things
- 6:59Speaker 4: to fix.
- 7:00Speaker 3: The world's smallest violin. Please let us know what your
- 7:04Speaker 3: go-to date night is. We would absolutely love to hear it.
- 7:08Speaker 3: But there is something else that I would really love
- 7:10Speaker 3: to hear. Okay. If you would maybe love to hear
- 7:12Speaker 3: them as well. Tell me. Some money wins. Yes, that
- 7:15Speaker 3: would be lovely. Sorry, Jess, I don't know why I
- 7:17Speaker 3: got so scared. Guys, whenever we're by ourselves, it's just...
- 7:22Speaker 3: It goes off the rails a little bit. It gets
- 7:23Speaker 3: a little higgledy-piggledy. That's all I'm saying, you know? I
- 7:27Speaker 3: would love to hear some too. Thank you so much.
- 7:29Speaker 3: The first money win that I have to share with
- 7:30Speaker 3: you is from Jamie who said, money win, I just
- 7:33Speaker 3: got back from six weeks in Europe and I came
- 7:35Speaker 3: home with $ 1, 800 still in my holiday spending account. Amazing.
- 7:39Speaker 3: I don't think I've ever heard of anybody doing that.
- 7:41Speaker 3: It could never be me. And Jamie said, I could
- 7:43Speaker 3: have bought so much more gelato. I know. Oh, my God.
- 7:46Speaker 3: It's almost like a bittersweet. It's like, oh, I could
- 7:48Speaker 3: have had much more fun. But then you come home
- 7:50Speaker 3: without stress. And that is very lovely to me.
- 7:53Speaker 4: Very lovely.
- 7:54Speaker 3: Next money winner is from Paula who said, I have
- 7:56Speaker 3: paid down four debts in the past two months and
- 7:59Speaker 3: I am on to the next one which will be
- 8:01Speaker 3: paid off this week. Now I've just got two more
- 8:04Speaker 3: to go. Amazing. That's awesome, Paula. Well done. Keep going.
- 8:08Speaker 3: Keep pushing up the hill. Don't lose momentum. Next, I've
- 8:11Speaker 3: got a money win from Maya who said, money win.
- 8:14Speaker 3: My local cafe owner told me not to worry about
- 8:16Speaker 3: paying for my coffee today because he loves my character
- 8:19Speaker 3: and my loyalty. Oh, that's so sweet. She wants that too.
- 8:22Speaker 3: I'd be like, are you in love with me?
- 8:24Speaker 5: I know.
- 8:25Speaker 3: And you know what? That would work on me. I'm
- 8:26Speaker 3: in love with you for having said such lovely things
- 8:29Speaker 3: about me. 100%. That is working on me. That is gorgeous.
- 8:32Speaker 3: That's so sweet. I love the idea of just a
- 8:34Speaker 3: little like surprise moment. I'm trying to do this thing
- 8:37Speaker 3: at the moment. I'm just calling it like looking for joy.
- 8:40Speaker 3: I'm sure there's probably a word for it because it's
- 8:42Speaker 3: not exactly an original concept, but I'm trying to like
- 8:44Speaker 3: take note of the little good things that happen. I've
- 8:48Speaker 3: been keeping a list in my notes app. Like the
- 8:49Speaker 3: other day I was running late to go somewhere and
- 8:51Speaker 3: I got the very last car park in like a
- 8:53Speaker 3: 10 block radius. And I was like, oh my God,
- 8:56Speaker 3: universe is on my side. Amazing. Receives you a free coffee.
- 8:59Speaker 3: Beautiful little thing. Yes, yes, yes. I would highly recommend
- 9:03Speaker 3: it for anyone who's a little bit pessimistic or prone
- 9:05Speaker 3: to a case of the sads like I am. It's
- 9:07Speaker 3: just really nice to look back and be like, wow,
- 9:10Speaker 3: there's so many beautiful moments. There's so many little good
- 9:12Speaker 3: things that If you just hold on to those. Yes, absolutely.
- 9:15Speaker 3: I really like that. Next, I've got a money win
- 9:17Speaker 3: from Tanya who said, I was waiting for a sheet
- 9:20Speaker 3: set in Target to come on special and then I
- 9:22Speaker 3: realized I had enough flyby points to get it for free. Amazing.
- 9:26Speaker 3: I also got extra pillowcases and a large European cushion.
- 9:29Speaker 3: Love free stuff. Great. Don't we all? And then lastly
- 9:34Speaker 3: this week, I've got a money win from Corinne who said,
- 9:36Speaker 3: I downgraded my iPhone to a cheaper model, saving myself
- 9:39Speaker 3: $ 35 a month. Hell yeah. Okay. Which I love that.
- 9:43Speaker 4: You don't need the latest and greatest. No, you absolutely don't.
- 9:45Speaker 4: And sometimes like instead of the pro, you just get
- 9:47Speaker 4: the regular. It like saves so much money.
- 9:49Speaker 3: It's so much cheaper. And it's the same thing. That's
- 9:52Speaker 3: the thing. If you're looking at upgrading your tech, just
- 9:54Speaker 3: look at the other options, I would say. Now, Jess,
- 9:56Speaker 3: are you ready to hear what I have to say? Always. Always.
- 10:00Speaker 3: I love it. I never know what's coming and I
- 10:01Speaker 3: always enjoy it. Oh, my God. Amazing.
- 10:03Speaker 4: Well, so I've got a few broke tips this week,
- 10:05Speaker 4: two from the community, one from myself as per. This
- 10:08Speaker 4: first one comes from Madison, who says, check your bills
- 10:11Speaker 4: for estimated readings. My power and gas bill are combined.
- 10:14Speaker 4: They estimated that my gas used four times what it
- 10:18Speaker 4: normally does for a month. and tried to charge us
- 10:20Speaker 4: nearly $ 450 for the last month. So I would never
- 10:24Speaker 4: think to check this. I'm just like blindly paying for everything.
- 10:27Speaker 4: Because it is funny that there's like meter readers, which
- 10:29Speaker 4: is amazing. I have a friend who's a meter reader
- 10:31Speaker 4: and I'm like, I've always.
- 10:32Speaker 3: Wanted to be one for a reason.
- 10:33Speaker 4: It's just like we're walking around in the fresh air.
- 10:36Speaker 4: But I'm like, you know, it's a possibility for human
- 10:38Speaker 4: error is what I'm saying. And so check that out.
- 10:41Speaker 4: on your bill, make sure you're not being overcharged.
- 10:43Speaker 3: And they don't do it every month because this has
- 10:45Speaker 3: happened to me. I remember once, maybe like a year
- 10:47Speaker 3: or so ago, we got a huge bill and I
- 10:49Speaker 3: was like, how is this possible? Like, do we have
- 10:51Speaker 3: a gas leak? What's going on? And then I like
- 10:54Speaker 3: went out and checked the meter and it just was like, not,
- 10:56Speaker 3: they hadn't got a number wrong. Like they'd obviously just
- 10:58Speaker 3: estimated it based off the time of year and maybe
- 11:01Speaker 3: other people's usage or historical usage for a house or
- 11:04Speaker 3: I don't know. And it was hundreds of dollars cheaper
- 11:07Speaker 3: once we got it rectified. Oh, my God. It's crazy.
- 11:10Speaker 3: Sometimes you just can't physically see the box or whatever.
- 11:12Speaker 4: Sometimes they're estimating and it's like, I can't believe how
- 11:15Speaker 4: much that changes the amount that you're being charged.
- 11:18Speaker 3: Because sometimes, like, you will get a creditor back if
- 11:20Speaker 3: they overestimate. I think maybe they come out once a
- 11:22Speaker 3: quarter or once every two months. And so it's happened
- 11:25Speaker 3: before where we've had a really cheap bill because they've
- 11:27Speaker 3: credited forward from something where we've obviously overpaid.
- 11:30Speaker 2: Right.
- 11:31Speaker 3: Got you. But if money is tight, if you don't
- 11:33Speaker 3: have the money to be overpaying for something, just double check. Absolutely.
- 11:36Speaker 3: Take a few seconds. Yeah, exactly.
- 11:37Speaker 4: This next one comes from Steph who says, Tarte does 40%
- 11:41Speaker 4: off all full price products for teachers. Just have to
- 11:46Speaker 4: verify with your staff email. So Tarte is spelled T-A-R-T-E.
- 11:51Speaker 3: They're a makeup brand. Makeup brand. So if you're a teacher,
- 11:54Speaker 3: it really does shock me.
- 11:56Speaker 4: And this is a conversation for another time, but like
- 11:58Speaker 4: teachers and healthcare workers, like Like, I will cut up
- 12:01Speaker 4: an Instagram video and be paid more than my literal
- 12:05Speaker 4: friend who works at Peter Mac Hospital.
- 12:07Speaker 3: Saving lives.
- 12:08Speaker 4: Saving lives. Helping someone's, like, overall well-being and quality of life.
- 12:13Speaker 4: And I'm like, that is insane. Same with, like, teachers
- 12:15Speaker 4: and stuff like that. Anyway, that's a story for another time.
- 12:18Speaker 4: So take advantage of these little things. bits and pieces
- 12:20Speaker 4: while you can. And Tarte stuff's great.
- 12:22Speaker 3: I don't know what they're called, but they're like these
- 12:23Speaker 3: little clicky up lip products. Oh, my God. I have one.
- 12:26Speaker 3: I love it. It's gorgeous. Oh, my God. Oh, my God. Perfect.
- 12:30Speaker 3: There you go. So teachers out there, if you're listening,
- 12:32Speaker 3: and my one is.
- 12:33Speaker 4: I know we've talked about libraries a lot and their resources,
- 12:36Speaker 4: but I just discovered in Melbourne, and maybe this is
- 12:38Speaker 4: a thing in like other cities or states.
- 12:40Speaker 3: Mm-hmm.
- 12:40Speaker 4: Maker's Space, which includes sewing machines, 3D printers, jewelry making,
- 12:46Speaker 4: laser cutting, metalwork, classes.
- 12:49Speaker 3: And workshops, more. And there's literally more than that as well. Yeah,
- 12:51Speaker 3: they have an embroidery machine at the one in Docklands. Yes,
- 12:54Speaker 3: embroidery machine. Yeah. It's crazy.
- 12:57Speaker 4: So I feel like if you're anything like me and
- 12:58Speaker 4: have a new craft or hobby or obsession every one second,
- 13:03Speaker 4: hold off on buying everything.
- 13:04Speaker 2: Mm-hmm.
- 13:05Speaker 4: And then like having it sit in your lounge room
- 13:07Speaker 4: for five years. Just go to a maker space if
- 13:10Speaker 4: you have one nearby or if you're in Melbourne and
- 13:13Speaker 4: just like dabble in it first before you buy. Or
- 13:16Speaker 4: you can even run your whole business from there. I
- 13:19Speaker 4: feel like I've mentioned this before.
- 13:20Speaker 3: Maybe I haven't. I saw a TikTok once of somebody
- 13:21Speaker 3: who she wanted to do embroidered napkins for her wedding favor.
- 13:25Speaker 3: You would embroider it with somebody's name and it would
- 13:26Speaker 3: be their place setting and they could take it home afterwards.
- 13:28Speaker 2: Cool.
- 13:29Speaker 3: And she did her entire wedding guest list at a makerspace. Oh,
- 13:33Speaker 3: my God. So it's like she paid obviously for her materials,
- 13:36Speaker 3: but she didn't have to buy an embroidery machine or
- 13:38Speaker 3: pay somebody to do it because she just did it there. Yeah,
- 13:40Speaker 3: that's so cool. Oh, my God, can you say that
- 13:42Speaker 3: to me? Absolutely. Thank you. I love the concept, like
- 13:44Speaker 3: the community space. You can learn. I feel like it's
- 13:47Speaker 3: a space where other creative people like to hang out
- 13:50Speaker 3: so you can meet people who like to do similar
- 13:52Speaker 3: things to you. For sure. That is so cool. Libraries
- 13:54Speaker 3: are the best. I know, totally.
- 13:56Speaker 2: I love it.
- 13:57Speaker 3: Amazing. Well, after the break, we'll be discussing a few dilemmas,
- 14:00Speaker 3: starting with one about investments in love and money. Don't
- 14:04Speaker 3: go anywhere. Welcome back, everyone. Let's take a listen to
- 14:10Speaker 3: this week's Money Dilemma. Hi there.
- 14:14Speaker 2: Have you got a money dilemma you just can't solve?
- 14:16Speaker 2: The She's On The Money team is here to help.
- 14:19Speaker 2: Every week we tackle your dilemmas, both big and small,
- 14:22Speaker 2: to answer your most burning money, career and life questions.
- 14:25Speaker 2: To get involved, simply head to our website and leave
- 14:27Speaker 2: us a short voice recording and you might just find
- 14:30Speaker 2: yourself on the show. Now let's take a listen to
- 14:32Speaker 2: this week's Money Dilemma.
- 14:34Speaker 5: Hi, she's on the money. I love the podcast. I
- 14:39Speaker 5: have a money dilemma. My partner is not a permanent
- 14:42Speaker 5: resident in Australia yet. We've applied for a partner visa
- 14:45Speaker 5: about two years ago and hopefully that will be approved soon. Yesterday,
- 14:49Speaker 5: we logged into his super for context. He runs his
- 14:52Speaker 5: own business, so he pays his own super. And he
- 14:56Speaker 5: has been in Australia for about seven years. His super
- 15:00Speaker 5: is only at $ 11, 000 and he's 34 years old. For comparison,
- 15:05Speaker 5: my super is pretty healthy. I am the same age
- 15:08Speaker 5: as him and I have about $ 250, 000 in there from
- 15:11Speaker 5: my employer contributions of 17% and also additional salary sacrifice,
- 15:16Speaker 5: even contributions I've made on top of that. We both
- 15:19Speaker 5: invest and my partner is kind of prioritizing investing because
- 15:23Speaker 5: he sort of views it as that's kind of what
- 15:24Speaker 5: a superannuation fund does anyway. And it also just gives
- 15:27Speaker 5: him a bit more control, especially given the uncertainty around
- 15:30Speaker 5: his permanent residency. So my understanding is if he had
- 15:33Speaker 5: to leave the country, he could withdraw his super, but
- 15:36Speaker 5: he would pay like 35% tax on that or 25%.
- 15:39Speaker 5: I'm not sure. Anyway, I guess my dilemma is, should
- 15:43Speaker 5: we be making a concerted effort to contribute more to
- 15:46Speaker 5: his super? you know, assuming that he becomes a permanent
- 15:49Speaker 5: resident or is focusing on investing right now just as.
- 15:53Speaker 3: Good an idea? That is a really good question.
- 15:56Speaker 4: And not being the financial expert in this dynamic, I
- 16:02Speaker 4: am listening to this and just thinking probably investing in
- 16:06Speaker 4: like shares, ETFs, being in the share market is probably
- 16:10Speaker 4: wiser purely because, I mean, you don't know yet if
- 16:15Speaker 4: they'll get like their permanent residency or their citizenship. So
- 16:18Speaker 4: just to be on the safe side, I'd probably be,
- 16:21Speaker 4: you know, focusing more on, yeah, the share market unless
- 16:25Speaker 4: or until you get that permanent residency, no?
- 16:29Speaker 3: I know exactly what you mean because I feel a
- 16:30Speaker 3: little out of my depth as well. And so the
- 16:32Speaker 3: team have actually pulled some quick facts for me to
- 16:34Speaker 3: share with everybody. Great. Might be very helpful. Now, obviously
- 16:37Speaker 3: we cannot give you financial advice, but some things to
- 16:40Speaker 3: keep in mind. If you are a temporary visa holder
- 16:42Speaker 3: earning above a certain threshold in Australia, you will accumulate superannuation,
- 16:46Speaker 3: which it sounds like your partner has been. You cannot
- 16:49Speaker 3: access your super until you leave the country permanently or
- 16:53Speaker 3: presumably hit the age of retirement. If your temporary visa
- 16:57Speaker 3: ends or is cancelled and you need to leave the country,
- 17:00Speaker 3: you can then make a claim to get your super
- 17:01Speaker 3: back via the ATO under what is called a Departing
- 17:04Speaker 3: Australia Superannuation Payment or a DASP for short. DASP. Okay. DASP.
- 17:10Speaker 3: Your super is then taxed under a final withholding tax arrangement,
- 17:13Speaker 3: not at your marginal tax rate or regular superannuation rate
- 17:16Speaker 3: of 15%. Depending on whether you're holding a working holiday
- 17:20Speaker 3: maker visa or not, this can vary. It's going to
- 17:23Speaker 3: obviously be a situation to situation type of person. But
- 17:27Speaker 3: the ATO does have really extensive write-ups about how this
- 17:30Speaker 3: would be taxed. And so if you're not familiar with
- 17:32Speaker 3: your situation, we would say head to the ATO website
- 17:35Speaker 3: because they've got all of the resources there and they
- 17:38Speaker 3: have a help function. So if you have questions, you
- 17:40Speaker 3: can also pick up the phone, call them. get a
- 17:42Speaker 3: little bit more info or redirection to resources or anything
- 17:45Speaker 3: like that. Now, if your temporary visa ends and you
- 17:48Speaker 3: are approved for permanent residency, which obviously, fingers crossed for
- 17:51Speaker 3: your partner, your super might be transferred to the ATO
- 17:55Speaker 3: as what is called former temporary resident unclaimed super. You
- 18:00Speaker 3: can have this then transferred directly to you or transferred
- 18:03Speaker 3: into an Australian super fund. You will need to double
- 18:06Speaker 3: check the ATO's policies around whether this is taxed and
- 18:08Speaker 3: if they pay you directly. You would kind of think
- 18:11Speaker 3: that because you're then a permanent resident but not yet
- 18:14Speaker 3: an Australian citizen, you might qualify for the 15% tax rate,
- 18:18Speaker 3: but do your research.
- 18:20Speaker 2: Okay, okay.
- 18:21Speaker 3: Does that change how you feel? I don't know. I
- 18:24Speaker 3: think I'd still– and it's not even more like for.
- 18:27Speaker 4: The tax side of things or like even the smarts
- 18:30Speaker 4: of it all. I'm just like when I used to
- 18:32Speaker 4: work in super, I just remember the paperwork being insane
- 18:36Speaker 4: when someone would like leave. And then you have to
- 18:38Speaker 4: have an Australian bank account and then– but you maybe
- 18:42Speaker 4: have to be in Australia to set up an Australian–
- 18:44Speaker 4: I don't know. I just remember there was so many like–
- 18:46Speaker 4: annoying things where like people sometimes just couldn't get their
- 18:48Speaker 4: super until they went back to Australia for some reason
- 18:52Speaker 4: I can't remember exactly why yeah and so I'm like
- 18:54Speaker 4: I still would be like wary about that just purely
- 18:57Speaker 4: because of like the annoying parts of it all yeah
- 19:01Speaker 4: yeah and also you need like a witness, but the
- 19:04Speaker 4: witness has to be in Australia. I just remember there
- 19:06Speaker 4: was something really annoying about it.
- 19:08Speaker 3: I think overall, or overarchingly, I would say speak to
- 19:10Speaker 3: an expert, whether you're contacting the ATO or whether you're
- 19:13Speaker 3: speaking to maybe an accountant who specialises in people who
- 19:16Speaker 3: may not be Australian citizens. Even from just reading those
- 19:20Speaker 3: quick facts to you guys, there are lot of little,
- 19:23Speaker 3: you know, it'll depend on your situation or this or this.
- 19:25Speaker 3: And I think if we're thinking about your long-term wealth,
- 19:28Speaker 3: your future, it is worth, even if you have to
- 19:31Speaker 3: pay a little bit of money to get some advice
- 19:33Speaker 3: from an accountant or a specialist, I think it's money
- 19:36Speaker 3: well spent.
- 19:37Speaker 4: Yes.
- 19:37Speaker 3: My take on it is that you're probably doing the
- 19:40Speaker 3: right thing by investing anyway, because, you know, the logic
- 19:43Speaker 3: is sound in that your superannuation fund invests if you're
- 19:46Speaker 3: investing and you're leaving it in there long-term in the
- 19:48Speaker 3: same way that it would be in a super fund.
- 19:51Speaker 3: It's not exactly the same thing, but the basic concept
- 19:54Speaker 3: is very comparable. You could always allocate a portion of
- 19:57Speaker 3: your investments to your super if you became a permanent resident,
- 20:01Speaker 3: so you could withdraw it and move it over if
- 20:03Speaker 3: that's something you wanted to do. But again, I think
- 20:06Speaker 3: it probably is worth speaking to an expert because you
- 20:08Speaker 3: once want to look at the situation holistically. You know,
- 20:11Speaker 3: maybe it's better for tax purposes to make contributions. But again,
- 20:15Speaker 3: it will all depend on what kind of visa it
- 20:18Speaker 3: is and, you know, whether or not you do end
- 20:19Speaker 3: up becoming a citizen. and all those sorts of things.
- 20:22Speaker 3: I'll be honest, I'm not super across it. So maybe
- 20:24Speaker 3: time to phone a friend. I know you phoned a
- 20:26Speaker 3: friend in phoning us, but a friend who specializes in
- 20:29Speaker 3: this area. Yes. Yes. Totally agree. And good luck with everything. 100%
- 20:33Speaker 3: good luck. Fingers crossed that that comes through for you
- 20:36Speaker 3: guys soon. Now, if you have a dilemma that you'd
- 20:38Speaker 3: like answered on the pod, visit the podcast page on
- 20:40Speaker 3: the She's On The Money website. Leave us a voicemail.
- 20:43Speaker 3: We review each and every single one and yours might
- 20:46Speaker 3: just make it onto the next episode. But maybe voice
- 20:49Speaker 3: notes aren't really a thing. And if so, you can
- 20:51Speaker 3: always DM us to share your dilemma, just like this
- 20:54Speaker 3: community member. VD, please help. I've finally reached a point
- 20:58Speaker 3: where I have fully funded my emergency fund. I have
- 21:01Speaker 3: no consumer debt and I know the next step is
- 21:04Speaker 3: to start investing, but I'm completely frozen. Every time I
- 21:08Speaker 3: think I'm ready, I convince myself the market is at
- 21:10Speaker 3: a bad time and I'm too scared to invest because
- 21:12Speaker 3: I'm worried it'll keep falling. I've had money sitting in
- 21:15Speaker 3: a high interest savings account for over a year because
- 21:18Speaker 3: I keep waiting for the right time and I can't
- 21:20Speaker 3: help but wonder if I'm doing myself a disservice. I
- 21:23Speaker 3: also keep comparing myself to people who started investing years
- 21:26Speaker 3: ago and feel like I've already missed the boat. I
- 21:29Speaker 3: know that logically investing is a long-term game, but I
- 21:32Speaker 3: can't seem to get past the fear of making the
- 21:34Speaker 3: wrong first move. Has anybody else struggled with actually taking
- 21:38Speaker 3: the leap into investing and what helped you finally get started?
- 21:41Speaker 3: I think it's really common to feel like that. And
- 21:47Speaker 3: I certainly did too when I started, when I just
- 21:49Speaker 3: put like 10 bucks into shares years and I was like, Well,
- 21:51Speaker 3: this isn't going nowhere. But then before you know it,
- 21:54Speaker 3: it kind of snowballed.
- 21:55Speaker 4: That $ 10 obviously isn't, I'm not living off that right now,
- 21:58Speaker 4: but I guess you just kind of like keep putting
- 21:59Speaker 4: more and more in.
- 22:00Speaker 3: But I think that it's really funny and I just
- 22:02Speaker 3: want to make this clear. Maybe this listener already.
- 22:04Speaker 4: Knows, but- When the share market is quote unquote bad
- 22:08Speaker 4: or however you'd say it, it's like for me, that's
- 22:11Speaker 4: really exciting. It means that everything's on sale. So if
- 22:14Speaker 4: you're thinking that you're going to buy shares or ETFs
- 22:17Speaker 4: or whatever right now and like the market's like crashing
- 22:20Speaker 4: and it's going to crash even more, then it's like
- 22:22Speaker 4: everything's just on sale right now. It's the best time
- 22:24Speaker 4: to buy, you know, but I'm not allowed to give advice.
- 22:27Speaker 4: That's obviously not advice. If it was, it would be
- 22:29Speaker 4: really bad. But the way I like to see it
- 22:31Speaker 4: is when I tell myself if I want to start
- 22:33Speaker 4: something new or whatever, whatever, we've really been conditioned to
- 22:36Speaker 4: think that everything's too late. It's like we're too old
- 22:39Speaker 4: to be like, I'm really going off track here, but
- 22:41Speaker 4: I was swinging my legs when I was sitting on
- 22:43Speaker 4: a stool waiting for a coffee the other day.
- 22:44Speaker 3: And I was like, oh, I should stop. I'm too
- 22:46Speaker 3: old to do that.
- 22:47Speaker 4: And then I thought, where's that idea come from? It's like,
- 22:49Speaker 4: we're not too old. It's not too late. We're just
- 22:52Speaker 4: told these things, but where's the evidence of that? So
- 22:56Speaker 4: you're going to be, hopefully, Still here, still thriving this
- 23:00Speaker 4: time next year. Do you want to get there in
- 23:03Speaker 4: the exact same position or do you want to get
- 23:05Speaker 4: there having been one year.
- 23:06Speaker 3: Into the share market already? Do you know what I mean?
- 23:08Speaker 4: Like that time's going to come. For me, it's like
- 23:10Speaker 4: I'm going to be 35 regardless. And do I want
- 23:13Speaker 4: to be 35? with some money in shares or do
- 23:16Speaker 4: I want to be 35 still wondering if I should
- 23:17Speaker 4: put money in shares, you know? So I think that
- 23:20Speaker 4: look at it that way. Just put it in there.
- 23:22Speaker 4: The market's going to perpetually be fluctuating. And so you
- 23:26Speaker 4: might always have this dilemma. Just chuck it in a
- 23:28Speaker 4: small amount first. It's very daunting if you're putting all
- 23:31Speaker 4: your savings or all your.
- 23:33Speaker 2: Money in there.
- 23:34Speaker 3: But just put a little bit every now and then
- 23:36Speaker 3: and then you'll kind of like you'll get on a
- 23:38Speaker 3: roll and you'll start enjoying it and you'll be less scared.
- 23:41Speaker 3: So start small, I think. So that is always great advice.
- 23:45Speaker 3: I think as well, it sounds like our listener is
- 23:48Speaker 3: getting analysis paralysis because they're tied up in the concept
- 23:51Speaker 3: of trying to time the market. And all of the data,
- 23:55Speaker 3: all of the research shows that if you try to
- 23:57Speaker 3: time the market, nine times out of 10, you're going
- 23:59Speaker 3: to fail. You're never going to be able to pick
- 24:02Speaker 3: the perfect moment to invest, which is where that concept
- 24:05Speaker 3: of dollar cost averaging comes in. If you're making regular investments,
- 24:09Speaker 3: you are going to hopefully end up with the sum
- 24:11Speaker 3: of the average as opposed to always getting the best
- 24:15Speaker 3: or always getting the worst. Now, there are a few
- 24:18Speaker 3: tools out there which we can link in the show notes,
- 24:20Speaker 3: which we've mentioned on the show before. There's the tool
- 24:22Speaker 3: that will tell you your optimal frequency for investing that
- 24:25Speaker 3: we spoke about a few weeks ago. I also think
- 24:28Speaker 3: just play around with a compound interest calculator. If you
- 24:31Speaker 3: want to motivate yourself... Nothing does it, and also be
- 24:35Speaker 3: careful because it might put you into a little bit
- 24:36Speaker 3: of a sad spiral, but nothing will do it like
- 24:38Speaker 3: seeing the lost opportunity. So if you look at, okay,
- 24:42Speaker 3: I've got $ 1, 000 in my high interest savings account. In
- 24:46Speaker 3: the last 12 months that I've been sitting on that,
- 24:48Speaker 3: it's earned me X amount in interest.
- 24:51Speaker 1: Mm-hmm.
- 24:51Speaker 3: And then you're, okay, well, if I'd put that into
- 24:54Speaker 3: an index fund or whatever your investment of choice is,
- 24:59Speaker 3: over the past 12 months, what could that have earned
- 25:01Speaker 3: and what could the projection of that be in the future?
- 25:05Speaker 3: I find that really motivating personally because I like to
- 25:07Speaker 3: see the physical numbers. I think the math is really,
- 25:10Speaker 3: I guess, motivating to see, well, X could become Y
- 25:14Speaker 3: with a certain amount of time. And so maybe that
- 25:17Speaker 3: will be enough to encourage you to get started. I
- 25:19Speaker 3: think exactly as you said, you don't have to jump
- 25:21Speaker 3: in both feet. Sharesies is great because you can invest fractionally.
- 25:24Speaker 3: You can invest as little as one cent. You can
- 25:26Speaker 3: do whatever feels good, get the lay of the land,
- 25:29Speaker 3: build your confidence. But I think more than anything, if
- 25:33Speaker 3: you're worried about picking the best time, you you need
- 25:36Speaker 3: to let that thought go and focus instead on something
- 25:39Speaker 3: like dollar cost averaging or a strategy that lets you
- 25:42Speaker 3: even things out a little bit, so to speak, because
- 25:45Speaker 3: you're never going to be able to pick it. If
- 25:47Speaker 3: you could, we'd all be billionaires. Unfortunately, that's not the
- 25:50Speaker 3: way it works. Yeah, exactly. Very well said. What did
- 25:54Speaker 3: everyone else say? Okay. So we did obviously ask a
- 25:56Speaker 3: few questions over on Instagram. If you ever want to participate,
- 25:59Speaker 3: we love getting your thoughts. The first thing we said was,
- 26:02Speaker 3: what is holding you back from investing? 3% of you said,
- 26:06Speaker 3: I'm waiting for the right time. 19% of you said,
- 26:09Speaker 3: I'm worried about losing money. 30% of you said, I
- 26:13Speaker 3: don't know where to start. In which case, I would
- 26:15Speaker 3: say we have a podcast playlist all about investing. We
- 26:18Speaker 3: have many, many, many investing episodes.
- 26:20Speaker 4: Yes.
- 26:20Speaker 3: Go back and listen to those. We'll link that playlist
- 26:22Speaker 3: in the show notes. 48% of you said, Big Snaps Queens,
- 26:27Speaker 3: I already invest. We love to see it. Always 50%
- 26:30Speaker 3: of the listeners invest. That's incredible. Is that amazing? Yeah. Next,
- 26:34Speaker 3: we said, if you are investing, how did you start? 49%
- 26:39Speaker 3: of you said, I just took the leap, jumped in
- 26:41Speaker 3: feet first.
- 26:42Speaker 2: Cool.
- 26:42Speaker 3: 10% of you said, I researched for months. 14% of
- 26:46Speaker 3: you said, somebody helped me get started. And 27% said,
- 26:49Speaker 3: I haven't started yet. Okay. Okay. That's okay. Lastly, we asked,
- 26:55Speaker 3: what's your investing personality? Interesting, like fairly even split, I
- 27:00Speaker 3: would say, quite close. 43% said set and forget. 27%
- 27:05Speaker 3: said I check my portfolio all the time. They're a
- 27:07Speaker 3: bit of a beck, jumping in five times a day,
- 27:09Speaker 3: just in case. Just in case. And 31% of you
- 27:12Speaker 3: said you are still figuring it out. And then of course,
- 27:15Speaker 3: we asked for your two cents and we did get
- 27:17Speaker 3: lots of fantastic submissions. First person said, what's wrong with
- 27:23Speaker 3: doing it wrong? You can always change your mind later. Yes,
- 27:26Speaker 3: very true. And I loved that. I've never heard somebody say,
- 27:29Speaker 3: what's wrong with doing it wrong? Yes. I read that
- 27:31Speaker 3: and my brain chemistry was altered. Oh my God, I
- 27:33Speaker 3: really like that. Especially if you are starting with just
- 27:36Speaker 3: a little bit, so you get it wrong. Oh, who cares?
- 27:39Speaker 3: It's just puppets, you know what I mean? Exactly. I really,
- 27:41Speaker 3: really like that. I really, it resonated with me. Next
- 27:45Speaker 3: person said, take the leap with a small amount, make
- 27:47Speaker 3: mistakes and then build from there. Yep. Somebody else said
- 27:50Speaker 3: start small. Even if it's $ 5, it will give you
- 27:52Speaker 3: courage to put more and more in over time. So true.
- 27:55Speaker 3: Somebody else recommended doing a risk profile and investing in
- 27:58Speaker 3: ETFs because they can do the work for you, which
- 28:01Speaker 3: I think is a really good call, looking into your
- 28:03Speaker 3: risk profile and understanding what investments might align with you.
- 28:06Speaker 4: Yeah.
- 28:07Speaker 3: We do have a podcast episode on that, figuring that out.
- 28:09Speaker 3: I would highly recommend it. Somebody said, I made my
- 28:13Speaker 3: boyfriend sit down with me and show me exactly how
- 28:16Speaker 3: and to provide suggestions on what to do. Obviously, be
- 28:19Speaker 3: careful where you take your financial advice from. But if
- 28:21Speaker 3: you have a friend, do you know somebody who invests
- 28:23Speaker 3: who could maybe show you their strategy or talk you
- 28:26Speaker 3: through things? Yeah. If not, let the community be that
- 28:29Speaker 3: friend for you. I'm sure there are lots of people
- 28:30Speaker 3: that would be happy to help. For sure. Somebody said,
- 28:33Speaker 3: an action is better than no action.
- 28:35Speaker 2: Yes.
- 28:35Speaker 3: Which I also really like. There's lots of great little one-liners. Yeah,
- 28:39Speaker 3: it's really motivating. Yeah. Someone else said, when do you
- 28:41Speaker 3: know if it's been worth it? Huh. That's a great...
- 28:44Speaker 3: It's a philosophical question, isn't it? Because the thing is,
- 28:47Speaker 3: is like, let's say you invest your first ever investment.
- 28:49Speaker 3: You put 50 bucks in and then the next day
- 28:52Speaker 3: the market falls further. Oh no, my share is only
- 28:55Speaker 3: worth $ 25 now. It's worth half of what I put in. Yeah.
- 28:59Speaker 3: That's where some people might panic and go, oh my God,
- 29:01Speaker 3: share market's awful, pulling it out.
- 29:03Speaker 1: Yeah.
- 29:03Speaker 3: But then... A year from now, stock doubles in price. Yes.
- 29:08Speaker 3: Your share is now worth $ 100. Like there's just no
- 29:11Speaker 3: way to predict. And I think that sometimes picking those
- 29:15Speaker 3: maybe managed funds or ETFs where you know that a
- 29:18Speaker 3: professional is building them out might feel a little bit
- 29:21Speaker 3: less risky, perhaps a little bit more aligned to your
- 29:23Speaker 3: risk profile. Totally. But when do you know? When do
- 29:26Speaker 3: you know? That's such a good point. Somebody else has said, Nike,
- 29:30Speaker 3: just do it. Timing the market, not timing the market.
- 29:32Speaker 3: Good luck. Yes. Which I loved. Someone else said get
- 29:35Speaker 3: comfortable with it first. This one made me giggle. Start wild,
- 29:40Speaker 3: cull later. Yes. The Syed method. That's so sweet. I
- 29:45Speaker 3: completely agree and I back that. Which I thought was really,
- 29:49Speaker 3: really cute.
- 29:50Speaker 1: It's beautiful.
- 29:51Speaker 3: Lots of people are reflecting the sentiment timing the market
- 29:54Speaker 3: is greater than timing the market. Start small, build confidence. Yes.
- 29:58Speaker 3: I think everybody is really feeling the same kinds of feelings.
- 30:01Speaker 3: The last one I'm going to read, which I really
- 30:02Speaker 3: did like, was somebody saying, start off small and treat
- 30:06Speaker 3: it like a bill. And it just becomes a part
- 30:08Speaker 3: of your normal routine without you even realizing it.
- 30:11Speaker 2: Yeah.
- 30:11Speaker 3: That's such a good point. Build it as a habit.
- 30:13Speaker 3: And then it's not hopefully something you have to overcome.
- 30:16Speaker 3: It just is something you do. Yes.
- 30:18Speaker 1: Yes.
- 30:18Speaker 3: Like a bill.
- 30:19Speaker 4: I really like that because it's like, oh, I bet
- 30:20Speaker 4: I've got to pay this thing. It's only five bucks
- 30:22Speaker 4: a month.
- 30:22Speaker 3: Who cares?
- 30:23Speaker 4: And so it's really bringing in something, even if it's
- 30:26Speaker 4: just learning or if it's, you know, I think that, yeah,
- 30:28Speaker 4: start small, see how you go.
- 30:30Speaker 3: And as Jess said, there are a lot of investing
- 30:32Speaker 3: episodes if you need that additional support. It's a perfect
- 30:35Speaker 3: place to leave it. I think so. Thank you guys
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