Lucy Dean

Sydney

Wealth and Personal Finance Reporter at Australian Financial Review

Wealth & personal finance reporter at the Australian Financial Review. Views my own. She/her.

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Articles

One of Australia’s most loved authors reveals her weekend rituals

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Lucy Dean

Skip to navigationSkip to contentSkip to footerHelp using this website - Accessibility statementHannah Kent is the award-winning author of Burial Rites, The Good People, Devotion and her new memoir, Always Home, Always Homesick: A Memoir of Iceland. The co-founder of Kill Your Darlings magazine, she lives in the Adelaide Hills with her partner, Heidi, and children, Anouk, seven, and Rory, five. Loading... Follow the topics, people and companies that matter to you.
6 ways to save an extra $14,000 in one year

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Lucy Dean

Jun 10, 2025 – 7.50am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The federal government may not be offering much in the way of tax cuts this year, but savvy savers can give themselves an effective refund of $14,212 just by doing some new financial year life admin.
5 money indicators to monitor if you want to build wealth

2 weeks ago | afr.com | Lucy Dean

Jun 10, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The end of financial year can be a great time for a reset, not only because your superannuation fund, bank and investment platform will send you a summary of how your finances went in the past 12 months, but also because, mentally, it offers a fresh start.
Super tax to hit 500,000 as Musk, Elon trade barbs on social media

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Lucy Dean

Jun 6, 2025 – 7.01am or Subscribe to save article4 mins ago – 7.01AMTrump calls Musk crazy as bromance erupts over tax billWashington | Donald Trump has attacked Elon Musk as “crazy” and threatened to rip-up his government contracts, as the tensions between two of the world’s most powerful men erupted into an all-out public feud.
Elon Musk Trump fight over big beautiful bill escalates to public war

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Lucy Dean |Peter Ker

3 mins ago – 8.25AMMusk should be deported: BannonFormer political strategist and close friend of Donald Trump Steve Bannon has told The New York Times that he told Trump he believed Elon Musk should be investigated over his immigration status. Musk was born in Pretoria, South Africa, before emigrating to Canada in 1989.
These Euro investments could bolster your 60/40 portfolio

3 weeks ago | afr.com | Lucy Dean

Jun 4, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? The 60/40 portfolio is the best option for investors even if they buy assets at peak prices during economic and geopolitical shocks, analysis of 30 years of market data by JPMorgan shows.
Love is in the heir: How inheritance is upending the marriage market

4 weeks ago | afr.com | Lucy Dean

May 30, 2025 – 1.55pm or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Picture this. The sky is raining ash, and your feet are scorched from an endless trek across burning plains. A strange, unidentifiable smell makes breathing difficult. You’re starving. Then you hear a *ping*. A message appears before your eyes. Salvation, at last? Loading...
‘I was terrified’: Why this CEO is taking on traditional money and gender beliefs

1 month ago | afr.com | Lucy Dean

May 16, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Fitness entrepreneur Laura Henshaw grew up with a single mum who, after her divorce, kept a magnet on the fridge that read: “A man is not a financial plan.”She had spent years out of the workforce raising three daughters, and was left with lower super and a tricky return to full-time work. Loading...
Young Australians are angry retirees earn 60pc more than them thanks to generous tax and welfare settings

1 month ago | afr.com | Lucy Dean

Ask a young person what’s grinding their gears, and it probably won’t be the lack of indexation on Labor’s proposed $3 million superannuation tax. That might seem surprising. After all, the government’s plan to increase the tax on super balances above $3 million is expected to affect 0.5 per cent of taxpayers today but, according to AMP analysis, will affect the average Gen Z by the time they’re 59 thanks to inflation.
Why playing tennis with Colm Tóibín is like reading one of his books

1 month ago | afr.com | Lucy Dean

May 14, 2025 – 5.00am or Subscribe to save articleSubscribe to gift this articleGift 5 articles to anyone you choose each month when you subscribe. Subscribe nowAlready a subscriber? Irish writer Colm Tóibín, 69, is the bestselling author of 11 novels, including Brooklyn, and his new book, Long Island. His 1999 novel, The Blackwater Lightship, was shortlisted for the Booker Prize. He splits his time between the United States and Ireland. Here’s how he spends a weekend when he’s home in Los Angeles.