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March 21, 2009 5:25 PM

Australian readers, what is a good financial planning/money management site (like mint.com) that is localised?
posted by mattoxic to Work & Money (6 answers total)

I'm not an Aussie, but Xero.com has an Aus-localised version. (It's run by Kiwis.) Full-on accounting rather than personal finance, and not cheap (AUS$49/mo) but I have friends who work as freelance consultants who swear by it.
posted by holgate at 6:08 PM on March 21, 2009

Best answer: ANZ Money Management works with all Aussie banks.
posted by divabat at 7:52 PM on March 21, 2009

I maintain a financial planning and investment FAQ site, originally it was the FAQ for the aus.invest newsgroup, but that group long ago became infested with trolls and spammers, so its not specifically just for newsgroup readers.

The site formerly known as the aus.invest FAQ

I'm aware that there is a general rule, "no plugging your own stuff" here, so if the mods wish to delete my answer go right ahead, but it is a free site delivering exactly the kind of content the asker is asking about, and I spent a lot of time writing it, and people say it is one of the best sites of its type, so hopefully this won't cause too much offense!
posted by Mokusatsu at 11:03 PM on March 21, 2009

Response by poster: Thanks Mokusatsu, I checked out your site, but really I'm looking for a ready reckoner budget thing.
posted by mattoxic at 12:17 AM on March 22, 2009

You could contact me and I'll email you one. I have various spreadsheets for budgeting and the like.
posted by Mokusatsu at 12:39 AM on March 22, 2009

It's not Australian, but New Zild's www.sorted.org.nz is very nice and has all sorts of budgeting tools. F'rinstance, this budget calculator.. Since you enter take-home pay, rather than before tax, it should be okay for Aussies. In any case, you don't need to register to give it a go.
posted by slightlybewildered at 2:37 AM on March 22, 2009