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	<title>Lifehacker Australia &#187; budgets</title>
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		<title>BudgetSketch Creates A Workable Budget For The Future</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/10/budgetsketch-creates-a-workable-budget-for-the-future/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 16 Oct 2009 15:40:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Adam Pash</dc:creator>
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Web application BudgetSketch is a free personal finance budgeting application focused on collaboratively budgeting for future months rather than tracking your spending from the past.
BudgetSketch focuses less on the past and more on budgeting for the future&#8212;or as they put it, to &#8220;take command of where [your] money is going, not where it has gone&#8221;. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Weekly Envelope Helps Plan Your Budget</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/05/weekly-envelope-helps-plan-your-budget/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 May 2009 03:30:49 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Not sure where all the money goes? Online application Weekly Envelope can help you manage your finances.
As the name suggests, this is essentially an online adaptation of the notion of dividing your available cash into envelopes for budget planning, a notion we&#8217;ve explored around here a few times before in different guises. Once you&#8217;ve entered [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Why Debt Relief Services Won&#8217;t Help With Debt Reduction</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/04/why-debt-relief-services-wont-help-with-debt-reduction/</link>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 23 Apr 2009 03:05:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[There are plenty of services offering to help get unmanageable debts under control, but a shadow shop by Choice suggests that most won&#8217;t offer an appropriate solution.
If you&#8217;re drowning in debts, then those online ads offering to help reduce your debt might seem tempting (even if they are endorsed with the phrase &#8220;As Seen On [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Money Manager Expanding Australian-Centric Rules</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/03/money_manager_expanding_australian-centric_rules/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/03/money_manager_expanding_australian-centric_rules/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 03 Mar 2009 23:30:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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After the Loaded column looked at ANZ&#8217;s Money Manager application recently, I was curious as to what process was being used to develop the categorisation rules used to sort transactions (it generally does a good job, but there&#8217;s the occasional missed opportunity as the screenshot shows). As one commenter suggested, Money Manager is using Yodlee&#8217;s [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Using Excel Tables For Expense Tracking</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/02/using_excel_tables_for_expense_tracking/</link>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 10 Feb 2009 23:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[While there are plenty of webapp options for tracking how you spend your cash (including locally-oriented sites like previously-mentioned ANZ Money Manager, for some people using spreadsheet software remains the simplest option. If you&#8217;re in that category, the Microsoft Excel blog walks through how you can use its table and advanced summation functions to quickly [...]]]></description>
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		<title>ANZ Money Manager Organises Accounts From Multiple Banks</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/02/anz_money_manager_organises_accounts_from_multiple_banks/</link>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 06 Feb 2009 03:49:42 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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One of our more frequent complaints here at Lifehacker is that Web-based applications for money management like Mint and Wesabe have poor (or non-existent) integration with Australian banks and other financial institutions. In recent weeks, several readers have emailed us to sing the praises of the ANZ Money Manager site, which offers similar features &#8212; [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Is Too Much Of Your Budget Being Spent On Tech?</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/01/is_too_much_of_your_budget_being_spent_on_tech/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2009/01/is_too_much_of_your_budget_being_spent_on_tech/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 08 Jan 2009 04:30:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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An increasing percentage of the average budget gets spent on technology-related purchases. Is that an inevitable function of the modern world we live in, or an area ripe for some savings?

It&#8217;s 2009, the economic future is anything but certain, and we&#8217;re all supposed to be tightening our belts lest our personal fiscal doomsday comes. Yet [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Plan For Your Wants To Make Budgeting Enjoyable</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/12/plan_for_your_wants_to_make_budgeting_enjoyable-2/</link>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 29 Dec 2008 02:00:00 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Jason Fitzpatrick</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Budgeting, while necessary, is viewed by most as a form of denial. A budget after all tells you what you have and where it is going. Budgeting for your wants is just as important.
Phil from the financial blog Wisebread has this to say:


Having a long-term plan to satisfy your wants is an important tool for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Useful Sites To Get Your Money Under Control</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/11/useful_sites_to_get_your_money_under_control/</link>
		<comments>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/11/useful_sites_to_get_your_money_under_control/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 27 Nov 2008 05:37:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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In troubled economic times, being organised with your finances is more crucial than ever &#8212; and there&#8217;s plenty of sites that can lend a helping hand. Here&#8217;s some Lifehacker favourites worth considering.One &#8220;site&#8221; that we haven&#8217;t included here, but is definitely worth looking into, is your existing online banking site. Make sure you&#8217;re using all [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The software you&#8217;ll need as the financial year ends</title>
		<link>http://www.lifehacker.com.au/2008/06/the_software_youll_need_as_the_financial_year_ends/</link>
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		<pubDate>Sun, 29 Jun 2008 23:33:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Angus Kidman</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It&#8217;s June 30 and the financial year is officially coming to an end. Any day now you&#8217;ll be getting your payment summary from your employer, possibly planning a meeting with your accountant, and trying to work out if you&#8217;ll be getting a nice refund from the Australian Taxation Office. Whatever your situation, the right software [...]]]></description>
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