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Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
TV Segments & Videos

Money educator Nicole is called on often to give expert advice on radio and television, and has appeared on every Australian commercial TV network, the ABC and Sky Business.

Her regular TV segments include Channel 7's Sunrise and 7News, Channel 9's A Current Affair and Channel 10's Studio 10 and The Project.

Here are some recent appearances featuring Nicole’s money tips, research and strategies for success.

 
 

I am so delighted Channel 7's Sunrise has chosen to feature the 5-week S.M.A.R.T. Money Makeover I have created for all Australians - short, sharp, FREE videos. Here's Week 1 if you missed it: http://bit.ly/2Rp1giY. You can subscribe to my 'Nicole's Smart Money' channel so you don't miss out on a 'Flash Briefing' AND for the other 4 weeks of my S.M.A.R.T.

Think you have three years to use a gift card? You may have only a matter of WEEKS, even if you're in NSW or SA. And group discount sites like Groupon are totally immune from the three-years-to-clear rule many Aussies mistakenly believe now applies.

Only one of the five different user types should cut up their credit card... but it's very possible you have the wrong card, at your considerable expense. Money expert Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon outlines the top tips for all five user types - only if you're a 'revolver' should you cut yours up - and the top cards for each today, as seen on 7's Sunrise.

Nicole Pedersen-McKinnon
Columns & Interviews

Nicole has been the “Money Mentor” columnist for The Sun-Herald, The Sunday Age and The Canberra Times for more than a decade, and also directly responds to readers' consumer concerns via her "Nicole helps" Q&A in the Sunday papers (to complement Noel Whittaker's Wednesday one).

Her analysis and advice appear on all the associated news websites across the country, meaning that in addition to smh.com.au, theage.com.au and canberratimes.com.au, you can also find her each week on the Brisbane Times and WA Today sites. Formerly the launch and long-standing editor of The Australian Financial Review's Smart Investor magazine, Nicole is the resident money expert for a number of finance and general publications.

Here are some recent columns, blogs and articles featuring Nicole's savvy strategies and Smart Money Start schools program.

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A new survey of Australia’s buy-now-pay-later users has found three-in-five have bought something they otherwise wouldn’t have.

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Hi Nicole, I read your article last weekend – it was great. I have a 12-year-old daughter with about $4000 of savings in the bank earning zero interest.

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There’s a new property boom. And like all others before this one, it’s terrific for homeowners and terrible for beleaguered buyers.

Below: How life without a mortgage is within reach
Article published in The Canberra Times, Newcastle Herald, The Examiner, The Border Mail, The Courier and Illawarra Mercury and more than 130 websites.