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		<title>Debt Consolidation – What Are the Options?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Debt Consolidation is the process of grouping all the debts you owe to different creditors into one single debt.
Is Debt Consolidation right for me?
Most people believe that the only way to get a Debt Consolidation option is to go to the bank and apply for one. If you are solvent, this seems like a good [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Educate Teenagers and Help Them Avoid Debt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The level of debt amongst teenagers is alarming governments. The dangers of not teaching teenagers how to cope with money can lead to unmanageable debts. Most teenagers are vulnerable to debt because they lack a clear understanding of debt management and how credit works. The wide availability of credit and mobile phone debt are the [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australianfinancialsolutions.com.au/blog/educate-teenagers-and-help-them-avoid-debt/</link>
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		<title>Watch out for increasing card rates and get out of credit card debt</title>
		<description><![CDATA[It is extremely easy to get a credit card and just as easy to get into credit card debt. With the current card rates increasing, paying off credit card debt has become an impossible mission.
Purchase and cash advance rates on some credit cards, particularly some low rate credit cards, have gone up by more than [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australianfinancialsolutions.com.au/blog/watch-out-for-increasing-card-rates-and-get-out-of-credit-card-debt/</link>
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		<title>Debt consolidation: what are the advantages and risks?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Do you have a problem managing your debts? Are you struggling with a range of debts such as credit cards, personal loans, car loans, store loans? Wouldn’t it be handy to roll all your loans together into a single  repayment ? Have you thought of debt consolidation? Debt consolidation enables you to combine two or [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australianfinancialsolutions.com.au/blog/debt-consolidation-%e2%80%93-what-are-the-advantages-and-risks/</link>
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		<title>Watch out for these 5 bad habits and be debt free</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Many people cope with the burden of debt at levels that have become difficult to manage. A good way to gain back control over your debt is to find out what started it. We’ve listed 5 common bad habits that lead to debt disaster and bad credit score. A little discipline and behaviour changes should [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australianfinancialsolutions.com.au/blog/watch-out-for-these-5-bad-habits-and-be-debt-free/</link>
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		<title>NAB Leading the Way in Abolishing Overdrawn Bank Account Fees</title>
		<description><![CDATA[The overdrawn account fee has long since been one of, if not the most, hated banking fee.  Ironically, the whole concept of charging your customer a fee for not having enough money in the account to cover another expense is an oxymoron which has gone on for far too long.
What the majority of lenders fail [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australianfinancialsolutions.com.au/blog/nab-leading-the-way-in-abolishing-overdrawn-bank-account-fees/</link>
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		<title>Top 10 Budgeting Tips to Avoid Debt</title>
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Before you go shopping, write a list… and if it’s not on the list, don’t buy it!
Keep all shopping receipts over a few weeks and work out an average of your spending, as it is unlikely that you will spend exactly the same amount each week.
Keep a notebook and jot down each and every item you buy [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australianfinancialsolutions.com.au/blog/top-10-budgeting-tips-to-avoid-debt/</link>
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		<title>Technical Recession Avoided?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Recent figures released by the Australian Bureau of Statistics show that Australia has avoided a recession, demonstrated by the gross domestic product showing a marginal increase of 0.4 per cent in the first quarter of this year.
Although the recession has “technically” been avoided, this news will not help those Australians who are still struggling with debt.
Many [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australianfinancialsolutions.com.au/blog/technical-recession-avoided/</link>
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		<title>Credit Sending Aussies Broke</title>
		<description><![CDATA[EXCESSIVE use of credit and credit cards has contributed to a leap in the number of personal bankruptcy cases. Figures from the Insolvency and Trustee Service of Australia show that there were 9,300 new bankruptcies, debt agreements orpersonal insolvency cases in Australia in the first quarter of 2009, an increase of 18.25 per cent on the same [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australianfinancialsolutions.com.au/blog/credit-sending-aussies-broke/</link>
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		<title>Is Bankruptcy an Option for Me?</title>
		<description><![CDATA[Bankruptcy is a process that provides protection to people who are unable to repay their debts and they cannot reach an informal or formal agreement with creditors.  You can become bankrupt voluntarily or otherwise you may be forced into bankruptcy on application by one of your creditors to the Court, in a situation where you cannot [...]]]></description>
		<link>http://www.australianfinancialsolutions.com.au/blog/is-bankruptcy-an-option-for-me/</link>
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