Harrison Astbury
About Harrison
Harrison, or Haz, joined Savings.com.au in 2020 as Assistant Editor, as well as Editor & Research Analyst for sister comparison site InfoChoice.com.au. He also co-hosted the Savings Tip Jar podcast alongside Dominic Beattie.
Haz has worked as a journalist since 2015, lending his expertise to publications across mining, financial comparison, and traditional newspaper media. He has since taken up the role of Commercial Property Editor at REA Group.
Harrison's Qualifications
- Bachelor of Journalism, Griffith University (2015)
- RG146 - Tier 1 Generic Knowledge, Kaplan Professional
Harrison's Interests
- Housing Policy
- Best Rates on Savings Products
- Niche topics such as the gold standard
The Savings Tip Jar Podcast
Harrison hosted the podcast alongside Dominic Beattie for its first four seasons.
Harrison in the Media
News Commentary
- Millennials are now behaving like their Boomer parents thanks to inflation - News.com.au
- Why a mum on a fixed rate mortgage is down to one meal a day - Daily Mail
- Two-bedroom apartments becoming a dying breed as cost of living crisis bites - News.com.au
- How much less homebuyers can borrow after the 7.1% HECS increase - Nine Newspapers
- Brutal reality of Australia's cost-of-living crisis - Daily Mail
- Rental stress at dire levels in Australia, amid calls for better government action - 9News.com.au
- Fast-falling inflation points to interest rate relief - Australian Property Investor Magazine
- Rental stress grips two-thirds of Aussie renters - Australian Broker
- Millions of Australians have less than $1000 in savings - 9News.com.au
- The extraordinary number of Aussies with less than $1,000 in the bank - with more boomers than millennials in trouble - Daily Mail
- Gen X the cohort most squeezed by cost-of-living crisis - The Nightly
- Millions of Aussies on financial edge - Australian Broker
- CBA, NAB, ANZ pass on RBA interest rate cut today as Westpac’s $2.4 million a day ‘boon’ exposed - Yahoo Finance
Harrison's segments on 2NUR FM in Newcastle with Mark Rorke
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Harrison can be found on LinkedIn.
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