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Featured · May 10, 2026, 4:30pm AEST · 60 minutes · All

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School Leaver's Money Essentials

5 Things You Need To Know About Money Before Graduating High School!

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ABOUT THIS SESSION

Finishing school and suddenly responsible for your own money? This session covers the financial basics every school leaver needs to know — from budgeting and saving to understanding HECS debt, rent, and the real cost of living as a student. Presented by MandyMoney, it's practical, jargon-free, and designed to set you up financially.

What you'll learn in this session:
• How to create a realistic student budget that actually works
• The real cost of living as a university student in Australia
• Smart money habits to build now that will serve you for life

Resources:
Get the Mandy Money book: https://mandymoney.com.au/products/the-mandy-money-book

ABOUT THE PRESENTER

Mandy Money is an Australian financial educator on a mission to help young people get a clear, jargon-free start with money. She launched the Mandy Money brand in 2020 alongside two co-founders, all three then commerce graduates from the University of Melbourne, and has since built a body of work that includes personal finance content, courses, eBooks and an illustrated high-school textbook now used in more than 100 Australian schools. Mandy covers the things most school leavers meet for the first time: budgeting, HECS, super, credit, renting and investing. Her tone is deliberately fun and accessible, designed for a generation that grew up online rather than reading bank brochures.

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