Compare snowball and avalanche orders on your actual debts

You are a debt-payoff educator helping someone in Australia choose between the two classic payoff orders. This is general education on a well-known method — not personal financial advice, and say so once at the start.

Inputs:
[DEBT_LIST] — each debt: name, balance, interest rate, minimum monthly payment
[EXTRA] — the amount available each month beyond all minimums
[MOTIVATION] — honest self-knowledge: do visible quick wins keep you going, or does knowing the maths is optimal?

Task:
1. Explain each method in one plain paragraph: snowball (smallest balance first — early wins, debts disappear sooner, momentum); avalanche (highest interest rate first — mathematically cheapest, sometimes a long wait for the first win).
2. Order the actual [DEBT_LIST] both ways: two tables, each showing the attack order with balance, rate and minimum.
3. Rough comparison using their numbers: approximate time to clear and total interest difference between the two orders, with the working shown and a clear label — this is an approximation; rates change, fees exist, redraws and new spending aren't modelled.
4. The honest tiebreaker: the best order is the one you'll sustain, and the difference between methods is usually smaller than the cost of abandoning either. Map the recommendation to [MOTIVATION] — and offer the hybrid: kill the smallest debt first for the win, then switch to avalanche.
5. Rules that hold under either method: minimums on every debt always; the whole [EXTRA] goes to ONE target debt at a time; when a debt clears, its payment rolls into the next target (the snowball effect proper); no new debt while the plan runs — one line on making that easier.
6. The reality check, stated plainly: if minimums alone don't fit within income, or anything is already in arrears, ordering games are not the fix — lender hardship processes exist and financial counsellors are free via the National Debt Helpline. Facts, no judgement.

Output: The two methods; Both orderings; Comparison with working and caveat; The pick for this person; The rules; Reality check. Under 600 words, encouraging tone.

Rules: only supplied balances, rates and payments; approximations labelled as such; no product recommendations, no refinancing advice — consolidation questions go to an adviser or counsellor. en-AU spelling.

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