Prime Time with Bec Wilson

In this very speical episode, my daughter Paris and I have boarded The Ghan in Darwin for three nights and four days travelling through the heart of Australia to Adelaide. It’s a trip I’ve wanted to do for years, and there’s something pretty special about finally doing it with my daughter. Come along with us with the ride!
Discover Australia by train in 2027 aboard The Ghan, India Pacific & Great Southern.
There's a rhythm to travelling by train that no other journey can match. in 2027, discover Australia aboard one of Journey Beyond Rail's iconic rail journeys.
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Renowned economist Saul Eslake joins me to break down how shifting property markets, slowing income growth, and rising mortgage debt are redefining financial security for Australians in their 50s and 60s. We dive into why the old economic rules on housing no longer apply and what these structural shifts mean for your retirement.
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August is here and the super performance numbers are rolling in. But how do you cut through the noise and get to the data? This week, Chantwest’s Ian Fryer joins me to break down this year’s median growth return, why international shares are doing the heavy lifting, and the real danger of funds de-risking you too early. We cover active versus index performance and explain why chasing last year's winning fund is the absolute worst thing you can do for your long-term retirement.
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This week on Prime Time, I'm joined by the incredible clinical nutritionist Sarah Di Lorenzo to cut through the noise and talk about what's really happening to our metabolic health in midlife. We dive into the practical food rules, simple daily hacks and whole-food strategies you can start using today to reverse high blood sugar and type 2 diabetes.
To grab a copy of Sarah's step-by-step 9-week program and learn more about her practical strategies, check out The Blood Sugar Repair Plan by Sarah Di Lorenzo on Simon & Schuster.
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Offset accounts are supposed to be one of the simplest products in banking. Put money in, link it to your home loan and pay less interest. ASIC’s latest investigation suggests you might need to open your statements and check if your offset account is in fact working like that.
This week on the podcast I sat down with the new ASIC Chair Sarah Court to unpack one of the most significant banking reports released this year. This week, ASIC have announced that they have dived deep into how offset accounts are working, and have concern that many are not working as they are supposed to. ASIC’s investigation found banks have already paid more than $55 million in compensation over two years after offset accounts failed to reduce customers’ home loan interest as promised. Even more concerning, the regulator says the true scale of the problem may be much larger because some banks couldn’t reliably identify customers who had requested an offset account in the first place.
We talk through how offset accounts are supposed to work, why so many failures have occurred, why they’re often difficult for customers to detect, and the simple checks every mortgage holder should make - particularly if you’ve refinanced, switched loan products or come off a fixed-rate loan in recent years (and even if you haven’t).
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