This booklet will:
- help you understand the basics of investing
- inform you about sources of financial information
- give you information about investment products, and how they work
- explain generally how Centrelink and the Department of Veterans’ Affairs treat your investments for income support assessment purposes
- discuss some estate planning issues that you may want to consider
- provide some basic taxation information.
We hope this information will increase your interest in, and understanding of, how to begin investing money for your future, or to better manage the investments you already have.