Chapter 12: Next step — financial freedom!

"What this day says to Australian women and Australian girls is that you can do anything, you can be anything, and it makes my heart sing to see women in so many diverse roles across our country in Australia."

Quentin Bryce, on becoming Australia’s first female Governor-General

Not boring at all! At least that’s what one of my test readers had to say about this book.

Before finalising Super Freedom, I asked seven female friends to test the book against their own circumstances, which included the needs of single, married, divorced and gay women. My generous friends also tested the book against the challenges facing women raising children, women with little or no super, women working part time or not at all, and women on low or above-average incomes. The feedback from these women was invaluable, and their general and specific comments assisted me in fine-tuning the case studies and clarifying the key messages contained throughout the book.