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Decrypting Financial Media & Avoiding Scams (With ABC Journalist Pat Wright)

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On this episode of The Australian Finance Podcast, Kate Campbell and Owen Raszkiewicz chat to ABC Everyday journalist, Pat Wright. You may have read some of Pat’s stories before on ABC Everyday, and they’re a great read for those new to money and investing!

We talk to Pat about teasing out biases in your financial news, finding a balanced view within a sea of clickbait, identifying old-fashioned scams repackaged for the modern world and his favourite personal finance resources.

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Recorded in May 2021 (pre-lockdown).

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