Free one-page guide

My pay rose. Why didn't my take-home pay?

An example $10,000 pay rise, followed line by line to the bank.

In plain English, on one page.

What's inside

  • Where each dollar of a rise goes
  • What marginal tax means, with the 2026–27 rates
  • Three things to check on your next payslip

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Free. One page, about three minutes to read. Then Field Notes, one letter a week: an idea from the system that shapes your money, in plain English. Unsubscribe any time. Privacy policy

Education only. Not financial advice.

What this is

General financial education. It explains how something works and gives you the words to ask about it. It does not consider your objectives, financial situation or needs, and it names no product, no bank, no fund and no platform. Her Long Game takes no commission from financial products.

Written by Tamara Bonamy, who built Her Long Game after a decade in insurance, most of it leading teams, and a lot of it watching capable women be handed no explanation of any of this.

Her Long Game is a financial education course for Australian women, in the making. If you want to hear when the founding cohort opens, that is a different list.