Our experienced Editors strive to ensure finance articles written by our editorial team are accurate, clear and provide consumers with the full picture. This is outlined in our Editorial Charter, and is particularly important during times of economic uncertainty, when consumers can be exposed to more frequent misinformation online.
Our mission is to empower our readers to make informed decisions about their financial future, and it’s a responsibility we take seriously. That’s why we have the following checks and balances in place:
- Our team of Editors check the accuracy of new and updated content written by our editorial team before it is published. This covers everything from double-checking facts and figures, through to making sure we are being clear, and providing consumers with a balanced picture. To this end, we scrutinise all data, sources and contributions to make sure they are relevant and not biased.
- We work closely with our expert Research team to ensure the Canstar data we use in our articles is as current and relevant as possible. We also work closely with a group of internal Product Specialists, who fact-check some of our articles on particularly niche areas of finance.
You can find out more about our wider Canstar editorial team.
Nina Rinella, Editor-in-Chief
As Canstar’s Editor-in-Chief, Nina heads up a team of talented journalists committed to helping empower consumers to take greater control of their finances. Nina has written countless articles about finance and has been interviewed on finance topics by media organisations including The Australian, Realestate.com.au, Domain, the Herald Sun and the Sydney Morning Herald.
Previously Nina founded her own agency where she provided content and communications support to clients around Australia for 8 years. She also spent four years as the PR Manager for American Express Australia, and has worked at a Brisbane communications agency where she supported dozens of clients, including Sunsuper and Suncorp.
When she’s not dreaming up ways to put a fresh spin on finance, she’s taking her own advice by trying to pay her house off as quickly as possible and raising two money-savvy kids. Nina has a Bachelor of Journalism and a Bachelor of Arts with a double major in English Literature from the University of Queensland. She’s also an experienced presenter, and has hosted numerous events and YouTube series. You can follow Nina on LinkedIn, Instagram or Twitter.
Mandy Beaumont, Content Lead
Canstar’s Content Lead, Mandy Beaumont, has had a long career in the publishing and university sector as an award-winning author, journalist and creative writing academic. She’s been a course convenor in creative writing and communications at Griffith University for more than a decade, holds a PhD and a master’s in creative writing from RMIT and QUT respectively, and has written for The Big Issue, Melbourne Writers Festival, the Australian Council of Trade Unions the Queensland Nurses and Midwives’ Union, as well as many other well-known newspapers and journals in Australia and overseas. Mandy’s short fiction writing and her novels have won, been shortlisted and longlisted for prestigious prizes and awards such as The Stella Award, the QLD Literary Awards, the Richell Prize, the Dorothy Hewitt Award and the MOTH International Short Story Award. Mandy will have a new novel out with one of Australia’s largest publishing houses, Hachette Publishing in early 2025 called The Thrill of It. After many years of working with trade unions and renting, Mandy has a keen interest in superannuation (particularly worker’s capital) and the housing market in Australia.
Alasdair Duncan, Senior Finance Journalist
Alasdair Duncan is a Senior Finance Journalist at Canstar, specialising in home loans, property and lifestyle topics. He has written more than 200 articles for Canstar and his work is widely referenced by other publishers and media outlets, including Yahoo Finance, The New Daily, The Motley Fool and Sky News. He has featured as a guest author for property website homely.com.au. In his more than 15 years working in the media, Alasdair has written for a broad range of publications. Before joining Canstar, he was a News Editor at Pedestrian.TV, part of Australia’s leading youth media group. His work has also appeared on ABC News, Junkee, Rolling Stone, Kotaku, the Sydney Star Observer and The Brag. He has a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) and a Bachelor of Arts with a major in Journalism from the University of Queensland. When he is not writing about finance for Canstar, Alasdair can probably be found at the beach with his two dogs or listening to podcasts about pop music. You can follow Alasdair on LinkedIn and Twitter.