
The Pay Off with Sylvia Jeffreys
Money is a constant contradiction. You’ve got to spend money to enjoy life but save every cent for the future. It’s why Australians are caught between impossible expectations and an economic system that feels stacked against them. So, how do you keep up the juggling act when the stakes just keep getting higher? In The Pay Off Sylvia Jeffreys sits down with leading experts and entrepreneurs to u…
Make AI Work for You
Could AI take something off your to-do list? Data scientist, mum of four and AI Herway founder Nici Sweaney joins Sylvia Jeffreys to explain how she uses it to help run her business and household. From meal planning and school notes to better prompts, Nici shares practical starting points, the pr…
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Why I Closed My $12 Million Business
What makes you walk away from the business you spent years building? Samantha Wills did exactly that, closing her global jewellery brand rather than selling her name. She joins Sylvia Jeffreys to share the personal cost of constant hustle, why a two-week social media break became six months, and…
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Buy Now Or Wait? The Property Market With Westpac's Carolyn McCann
Property prices are falling, but higher interest rates are squeezing borrowing power. So, should you buy now or wait? Westpac’s latest Home Ownership Report reveals buyers are holding back, waiting for rates to settle or prices to fall further. But how do you weigh that uncertainty against your o…
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ETFs, AI And Why Women Are Better Investors Than They Think
Women make up two in three beginner investors. But as investing gets more advanced, that representation starts to fall away. Global X portfolio manager Jessica Leung thinks confidence is a big part of the problem — and she knows what it’s like to feel out of place in finance, having spent much of …
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Job hunting? The new rules of getting hired
Why does a strong CV disappear into a recruitment black hole? Former recruiter and Project Roar founder Catherine Harris joins Sylvia Jeffreys to explain how hiring has changed, what can stop your application reaching a person, and why spending hours on job boards may be getting you nowhere. They…
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Will Interest Rates Rise Again? Inside the RBA With Chief Economist Sarah Hunter
Australia is one week out from the RBA’s next interest rate decision — and the possibility of another rate hike is firmly in focus. So what is the Reserve Bank actually watching? RBA Chief Economist and Assistant Governor Sarah Hunter joins Sylvia Jeffreys to take us inside how the bank thinks ab…
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Reuben Williams Quit His Own Company. Then Bought It Back.
SportsGrad founder Reuben Williams quit his own company — then figured out how to buy it back. But that’s only part of his story. Reuben has gone from landing his dream job at Cricket Australia, to redundancy, entrepreneurship and almost losing the business he built. He’s helped close to 850 peop…
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Who Gets a Seat at the Table? Phoebe Saintilan-Stocks on Media and Power
Phoebe Saintilan-Stocks has built her career around a question: who gets heard — and who gets a seat at the table? After working inside Parliament House, she founded Missing Perspectives to give young women a bigger voice in media. What started as a Squarespace blog has grown into a global media …
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How Sundae Body Reached 10,000 Stores — And Nearly Broke Along the Way
Sundae Body sells a product every six seconds and is stocked in more than 10,000 stores across 14 countries. But behind the rapid growth of the colourful Australian beauty brand are some costly mistakes and hard-earned business lessons. Lizzie Binks went from working in a call centre and receiving…
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What Does $100B Do to a Friendship? Inside the Atlassian Story
Mike Cannon-Brookes and Scott Farquhar started Atlassian as two university friends with $10,000 in credit card debt. They went on to build a global software giant worth more than $100 billion — and become two of Australia’s richest people. But behind the extraordinary success, their friendship was…
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