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Web sites with information relevant to financial planning
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  Link   Australian Securities and Investments Commission
ASIC regulate the financial services industry and corporations. You can look up financial advisors in their database to see if they are licensed or authorised, you can look up details of companies etc.
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  Link   Australian Tax Office
Lots of tax information here, but the site is notoriously difficult to navigate. Whatever tax information you are after is probably there, but good luck finding it!
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  Link   Centrelink
Most social security (except for veterans) is administered through Centrelink. Lots of good information and links at this site.
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  Link   Financial Planning Association
The FPA is Australia's largest industry body for Financial Planners, the majority of Australian financial planners are members of this organisation.
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  Link   Asset Magazine
Published by Fairfax, Asset is one of the major financial planning magazines. Financial planners can subscribe for free.
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  Link   Nick Renton
The website of Nick Renton, author of numerous financial planning related books. Some good articles there on topics like family trusts as well as other topics which seem to be Mr Renton's hobbies, like Latin phrases.
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  Link   Investor Daily
Publishers of IFA, a magazine widely read by financial planners.
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  Link   Super Review
A related publication to Money Management, for keeping up on the superannuation industry.
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  Link   Money Management Magazine
One of the bigger Australian newspapers for financial services. Most financial planners subscribe to one or more of these to keep up on developments in the Industry.
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  Link   Australasian Legal Information Institute
A handy resource for downloading Australian legislation.
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  Link   BSB Numbers
I found this handy site one day when a client sent me banking details but didn't include the bank name, which I needed for the application form. You can look up a BSB here and be told the bank name and branch address, among other things.
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