South Park’s Chef is warming up his velvety, chocolatey, voice. “I’m gonna make love to you, baby! Uh-huh. Let’s make some sweet love.” If you’ve held back on procreation because you felt it should be a money-making venture, wait no more! Making babies is now almost a profitable little business, with the Coalition promising up […]

A “spring clean” sounds so wonderful and fresh, doesn’t it? Like the perfume of crushed rose petals, scented candles or freshly mowed grass. Well, I get hayfever. So you can take your spring cleaning and associated fragrances and … Sorry, bit “Spring Grinchy”, I know. Taking a broom to your finances is completely different. A […]

Start with an exorcism. Why? Just because. And if you can get the whole head-spinning and green-vomit things happening, send me some footage. That would be soooo cool! Seriously, getting money smart is as much about exorcising bad habits, as it is about learning good habits. “Out, naughty money demons! Out!” Maybe MoneySmart week is […]

You want “long term” from Generation X? Seriously? What, like using a slow-cooker to make tonight’s dinner? Why? Have mobile phone. Can dial delivery. Dinner done. Two minutes. Back to my iPad Pacman. At Planet X, we don’t do long term. We think in minutes, maybe hours. Famous for it. Or were, until Gen Y […]

Dateline: 2001. Mrs DebtMan and I had just bought our first home. We were financially struggling to fill it with furniture. As you do. We invited some friends around for take-away Thai, including one unpopular girlfriend. There were three first-home buyers, including Miss Unpopularity, so furniture shopping was the topic of conversation. “Oh, no, I […]

PANIC! Act swiftly! Oops, hold on. My bad. That was for something else that started on July 1 – my new fitness regime. Epic fail already. Don’t panic in regards to the Future of Financial Advice (FoFA) reforms. The benefits are coming and in some cases have already arrived. Some will benefit without doing anything, […]

Cue Foo Fighters: “I’ve got another confession to make.” Sorry, Mrs DebtMan, but there’s something else I should probably fess up to. It’s bigger than last year’s (when I got donuts for four days). Here goes … I hide money from you. Lots. I’ve been doing it for years. I think you know I’m up […]