Select one of the links below to listen to Gavin, Luke and Susie discuss topical financial issues on The Morning Wake Up on Light FM. Right click and select "Save as" if you wish to download the file and listen to it later.

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  • Money and Marriage

    Gavin, Luke and Lucy discuss the ins and outs of money and marriage.
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  • Exchange Traded Funds

    Gavin discusses the benefits of Exchange Traded Funds including the fact that they may be the closest thing to a free lunch. The file is 5MB so you will need to have a reasonably fast internet connection or download it before listening.
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  • Property Questions

    Gavin answers some detailed questions about property and how it fits into the investment portfolio of the average family. The file is 20MB so you will need to have a reasonably fast internet connection or download it before listening.
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  • Managing Money in Tough Times - Managing Your Mortgage

    Sheridan Voysey from The Open House interviews Gavin about managing your mortgage as part of his series on Managing Life and Finances in Tough Times.
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  • Managing Money in Tough Times - Personal Debt

    Sheridan Voysey from The Open House interviews Gavin about managing personal debt including credit cards, store cards, car loans and personal loans as part of his series on Managing Life and Finances in Tough Times.
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  • Year End Tax Preparation

    What are the things you can do before the 30 June to maximise your tax return?
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  • Mortgages

    Mortgage broker, Adam Brandt, joins Gavin, Luke and Susie again to give us the low down on Mortgages. Tips, tricks and traps of shopping for the right mortgage.
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  • Using your home as an ATM

    Like most of us Susie loved the idea of being able to withdraw cash from your home. But what is this really all about. Can we use our homes as ATMs? And should we?
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  • Starting a Business

    A large portion of employees have a desire to start their own business, but what should you consider before jumping into the deep end of small business and being your own boss.
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  • Tax Cuts. What's the best use for them?

    How can you maximise the value of your tax cut this financial year. You can save well beyond the value of this years cut.
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  • Integrity

    Mortgage broker, Adam Brandt, joins Gavin, Luke and Susie to discuss integrity and honesty. Money is often the biggest test of our integrity. Adam shares some personal experience.
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  • Finding the Right Property

    Gavin, Luke, Susie and Mike Brown from Mike Brown Advocacy discuss how to find the right property, minimise the time it takes you, deal with the right people (agent) and understand how the real estate buying/selling process works.
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  • Market Mayhem

    Luke and Susie grill Gavin about the current Share Market Mayhem. What's happening with the share market and how should we respond.
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  • Debt Free Celebration

    Gavin joins Luke and Susie's debt free celebrate with chips, party hats and whistles. Yes Luke and Susie are debt free and proud of all the hard work they have put in to get to this position. What was the most difficult part of the journey? What was the most rewarding?
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  • Buying Your First Home

    Gavin, Luke, Susie and Mike Brown from Mike Brown Advocacy discuss tips, tricks and traps of buying your first home including how much deposit to save, know what you are buying (wish list), agent's fees and overall purchasing costs.
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  • Interest Rate Rise

    Gavin, Luke and Susie discuss the latest interest rate rise, what action to take in response to the rise and the direction interest rate will take in the future.
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  • Budgeting

    Gavin, Luke and Susie discuss the first three steps of the Master My Money program, including saving a $1,000 emergency fund, paying off consumer debt and saving a full emergency fund of 3 to 6 months living expenses.
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  • Home Equity

    Gavin, Luke and Susie discuss home equity, whether you should use the equity in your home to invest, paying off the home mortgage, when higher risk investments are appropriate and providing for your family.
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  • Investment Scams

    Gavin, Luke and Susie discuss investment scams, how to identify them and what to do if you are presented with an attractive investment opportunity.