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How to start planning for retirement

In this Australian Retirement Podcast episode, Drew Meredith and James O'Reilly discuss when is time to start planning for retirement? And how do you get started?

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In this Australian Retirement Podcast episode, your hosts Drew Meredith, from Wattle Partners, and James O’Reilly, from Northeast Wealth discuss the most important questions of all, when is time to start planning for retirement? And how do you get started?

Topics covered today on Australian Retirement Podcast

  1. What you need to know about retiring in Australia
  2. How much is enough to retire?
  3. The biggest mistakes made by new retirees
  4. The most common questions from those about to retire
  5. Deciding on your retirement ‘number’

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