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Job security isn't what it once was. The trend toward contracting, outsourcing and the gig economy, combined with technological automation and increasingly, artificial intelligence, means the need for us to be emotionally and financially resilient has never been higher.

Emotional resiliency isn't something I'm qualified to speak on, but financial resiliency – financial independence - is of course what we're all about here at Financial Autonomy. We're going to look at what financial independence looks like in the modern economy, and consider whether there are any local peculiarities that make financial independence in Australia unique.