Policy Changes, Powerful Women & Possibly the Weirdest Mother's Day Card Ever 🙈💖

🎉 Happy Mother’s Day!!! 💐💖
When other husbands buy flowers… mine commissions a tribal performance video 🎭 kissing my photo 😘 and yelling “Happy Mother’s Day!” 🙈 Lost for words Stephen!! - you have to watch this video!! 

💞 Happy Mother’s Day to all the mums, grandmas, aunties, sisters, stepmums, and all the incredible women who show up with love, patience, tolerance — and self doubt — every day.
It’s the hardest job in the world and you are doing the best you can.
xxoo 💋

🏦 Bankwest
💰 Inclusion of Saudi Riyal as a preferred currency
• Saudi Riyal (SAR) is now a preferred currency
• SAR income earners overseas can now borrow up to 80% LVR (P&I only)
• Standard + foreign income calculator updated 🧮

🚗 Novated lease repayment changes
• Pre-tax deduction now removed from base salary, post-tax added as liability
• Result: potential serviceability boost and lower HEM due to more accurate income calc 🙌

🏡 Liberty Financial
• ✅ 40-year loan term available
• ✅ Full doc up to 95% LVR inclusive of LMI
• ✅ Low doc up to 85% LVR
• ✅ Interest Only available
• 🔎 Check postcode & security first!

🏢 Orde Commercial Loans
• Commercial loan sizes up to $3m and 80% LVR
• Applies to SMSF Commercial product too 📈

👩‍💼 Last Week’s Events
I had the absolute pleasure of attending the LMG Leading Ladies Lunch 🥂 with a special presentation by RedZed at their head office.
💐 Big thank you to Nathan Taddeo, Natalie Irvine, Shana Micevski and the amazing RedZed team for hosting us in your boardroom this afternoon.

We shared powerful conversations around health, resilience and what it really takes to show up for ourselves and each other in this industry. 💬
Wendy Jenkins OAM blew us away with her story — surviving a lung transplant 💨 and turning her experience into a mission to teach others about neuroscience-backed mental strength. 🧠
Wendy’s message was clear: resilience isn’t just something you have — it’s something you build. 💪
So true in broking… and in life.
Grateful to be in a room of women who challenge, champion and cheer each other on 👯‍♀️💜

📰 In the Media
Our brand-new Multilingual Social Media Kit was spotlighted as a powerful move toward helping brokers show up online 🌍 in the languages their communities call home.

📊 Over 1 in 5 Australians speak a language other than English at home.
🌐 Nearly 40% of brokers come from non-English-speaking backgrounds — yet industry content remains mostly in English.

✨ The kit includes 500+ social media tiles and captions, translated into:
🗣️ English
🗣️ Simplified Chinese
🗣️ Hindi
🗣️ Nepali
🗣️ Sinhala
… with more languages coming soon!

This is about:
✅ Better communication
✅ Stronger lending outcomes
✅ A more inclusive industry that values culture, community and representation 🫶

To every broker building trust across language barriers — this one’s for you. 💬🌏
🙏 Big thanks to Jack Campbell and Adrian Suljanovic for the feature!
🔗 Read it here
💡 Get the kit

🏠 MPA Magazine Feature
Mortgage Professional Australia Magazine featured me last week — not for broking or fintech this time, but for my love of interiors, renovations and bringing homes to life. 🛋️🛠️

I’ve been passionate about it since I was a kid. Grew up in Noosa watching my parents flip homes — turning the old and tired into something new and full of potential. 🔄
At 19, I bought my first place, renovated it, sold it… and haven’t really stopped since! 🧱✨

💡 It’s my creative outlet. My escape. The thing that brings me back to myself when the inbox is overflowing.
🎥 Over the years, I’ve opened my home to film crews and commercials — and even featured in last year’s Myer Christmas Catalogue 🎄 (still pinching myself!).

Thanks to MPA for sharing this side of my story. 💗
🔗 Read the full article

We’re all more than one thing — and for me, this is a part I’m proud to share. 😊

That's a wrap this week, I look forward to seeing some of you tomorrow at the FBAA commercial  Event in Melbourne!

Kath, your broking bestie.