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Outsider noted that his old mate, Barry Lambert, had not dawdled too long at beautiful Crowdy Head before going back into battle for his grand daughter, Katelyn....

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Sheep in wolf’s clothing

Outsider knows how it feels to be mistaken for someone else. He was once mistaken for a Queensland special branch undercover operative....

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Penny wise, pound foolish?

Having watched with dismay the efforts of Centrelink to pursue supposed tax debts, Outsider was not at all surprised when a reader sent him an ATO dealing with the gigant...

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Your nuts roasting in an open fire

Seasons greetings, Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year, from Outsider....

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Backing the lycra’d Bobbinator

Outsider doffs his hat to financial planning’s men in Lycra — the chaps who are participating in this year’s Future 2 Wheel Classic — this time in Western Australia....

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Come, but don’t come by boat

Outsider has just one piece of advice to those Americans thinking of escaping The Donald and embracing the shores of Australia: just don’t come by boat....

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ANZ Wealth — a pit stop on the road to where?

Outsider knew the writing was possibly on the wall a long time ago for ANZ’s wealth management arm. That wall just happened to be between the executive suite and the exec...

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Appoint women and indigenous whales to boards

Outsider delved through Money Management’s treasure trove of misogynistic comments on its wealth management stories. Maybe he shouldn’t have done so. ...

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ASIC smoking with a Hallelujah moment

Outsider has some good news for financial planners and others regulated by ASIC — Peter Kell has admitted madly wasting money and resources....

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Confidentially aiming to please

Outsider was both amused and amazed at Greg Medcraft's decision to not only answer questions posed by the Parliamentary Committee but go the extra mile to tell them offen...

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Kissing and TALing in confidence

It was a case of now you see it, now you don't, with TAL's submission to the Productivity Commission after Money Management published its contents....

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Survey findings an education

Outsider skimmed through Money Management’s Salary Survey to find some interesting results about education levels between planners in banks and their peers in the super s...

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Calling the race before it is run

Outsider notes that after looking closely at Chant West data, perhaps ISA’s David Whiteley’s call for an inquiry into why industry funds outperformed their retail counter...

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Campaign medals, anyone?

Outsider noted ISA’s David Whiteley’s farewell to National Seniors chief executive, Michael O’Neill with some interest as they were comrades during the FOFA campaign....

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Old bull, young bull, all bull

Outsider is old enough to remember the last time there was a correction in the residential property market and views the spike in Sydney real estate with a jaundiced eye....