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Nick Bruining

The Retirement Income Expert
Avoid costly mistakes: How missteps with superannuation forms can impact your estate and taxes
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How can I secure my superannuation and estate before major surgery?
Money Questions

How can I secure my superannuation and estate before major surgery?

How can I secure my superannuation and estate before major surgery?

Learn how to secure your superannuation and manage your estate with essential documents like Enduring Power of Attorney, Enduring Power of Guardianship, and an Advanced Health Directive before undergoing major surgery.
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Tax cuts, thresholds and more: Everything you should know for the new financial year

Tax cuts, thresholds and more: Everything you should know for the new financial year

Learn about new minimum earning limits before tax applies, and how tax minimisation strategies like super contributions are influenced.
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Age Pension

Big increases in Centrelink eligibility thresholds from July 1: Here is how it may affect you

Big increases in Centrelink eligibility thresholds from July 1: Here is how it may affect you

From July 1 2024, Centrelink eligibility thresholds are increasing significantly, allowing more people to qualify for a pension or see an increase in their current payments. Discover how these changes could benefit you.
Get the latest practical outcomes of the 2024 Federal Budget. Here’s our take and specifically, how it will affect you. Source: Getty Images.
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Breaking down the key outcomes and implications of the 2024 Federal Budget

Breaking down the key outcomes and implications of the 2024 Federal Budget

Learn more about updates and outcomes on the 2024 Federal Budget, including Jim Chalmer’s pre-election budget and how it affects older Australians.
Should I consider transferring my super to my partner’s fund if there’s a difference in returns?
Money Questions

Should I consider transferring my super to my partner’s fund if there’s a difference in returns?

Should I consider transferring my super to my partner’s fund if there’s a difference in returns?

Finance specialist Nick Bruining provides insights in this Q&A session, outlining strategies to ensure your trusts are allocated to the appropriate individuals.
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Retirement Income

How strategic planning with less can still secure a fulfilling retirement lifestyle

How strategic planning with less can still secure a fulfilling retirement lifestyle

Unveiling the realities of retirement savings in Australia and how strategic planning with less can still secure a fulfilling retirement lifestyle.
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Money Questions

‘How can I make sure the proceeds of my trust go to those whom I wish?’

‘How can I make sure the proceeds of my trust go to those whom I wish?’

Finance expert, Nick Bruining, shares how you can make sure your trust end up with the right person.
Everything you need to know about the new Age Pension increase
Age Pension

Everything you need to know about the new Age Pension increase

Everything you need to know about the new Age Pension increase

Finance expert Nick Bruining discusses the new substantial increase coming to the Age Pension and what you need to know.
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Money Questions

Navigating aged care dilemmas: What happens when a loved one has dementia?

Navigating aged care dilemmas: What happens when a loved one has dementia?

Discover some practical steps for securing your family's financial future when dealing with dementia and aged care.

About Nick Bruining

Nick Bruining has always taken a frank, no-nonsense approach to money, back when he started out in 1989 as a certified financial planner – he was Money Management’s Financial Planner of the Year in 2003 – and in his current life as a personal finance correspondent for the Seven Network and writer for The West Australian. He specialises in understanding the money worries and providing practical guidance to real people through his newspaper columns, on-air reports and his hit 2015 book Don’t Panic: Why You Don’t Need $1 Million To Retire Well. He says the myth that it’s impossible to retire on far less than $1 million is perpetuated by vested interests and that the truth is, a couple can retire on an income of $48,000 a year created from the Age Pension and just $270,000 in super. Nick qualified as an economist and is a former lecturer on financial planning at Curtin University. In between filing newspaper and TV financial reports and working on a recently released update of his book, which you can purchase here, Nick tries his luck catching crabs and lobsters in Perth’s Mandurah Estuary.