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Financial Investments:

A financial investment is defined as available money, deposit money, managed investments, listed security, a loan not yet repaid in full, unlisted public security, gold or other bullion and asset-tested income streams (short term).

Financial investments also include:

• bank, building society and credit union accounts
• cash
• term deposits
• cheque accounts
• friendly society bonds
• managed investments
• assets held in superannuation and rollover funds held if you are of Age Pension age
• listed shares and securities
• loans and debentures
• shares in unlisted public companies
• gold, silver or platinum bullion.

Financial investments do not include:

• your home or its contents
• cars, boats and caravans
• antiques, stamp or coin collections.