News and Commentary
Recent Australian news and other articles of interest to individuals and families who are retired, or planning retirement, in Australia.
- Superannuation funds snap back after testing year - SMH 20/1/21
- Superannuation cannot rise without stalling wage growth, RBA documents reveal - ABC 19/1/21
- Ask the Expert: Why are super funds’ financial planning services so expensive? - New Daily 17/1/21
- With superannuation choice there will be retirement consequences - SMH 16/1/21
- This is the biggest financial goal for Australians in 2021 - New Daily 11/1/21
- Michael Pascoe: $1 super levy increase worth 12.5% more than $1 wage rise, in worst-case scenario - New Daily 7/1/21
- Middle-aged Australians struggle to claw back their careers after COVID-19 - ABC 6/1/21
- Unions, funds warn super rule changes could hinder economic recovery - Age 4/1/21
- No more retiree tax: Anthony Albanese dumps franking credits policy - SMH 1/1/21
- Super release slows but almost 3 million Australians have sucked billions from retirement savings - ABC 30/12/20
- Age care home funding - waitlist blowout - National Seniors 24/12/20
- Almost 40 per cent of aged-care residents have been abused, royal commission data shows - New Daily 22/12/20
- Yes, older Australians need more home-care funding. But these dribs and drabs only make a dent in the waiting list - The Conversation 17/12/20
- Morrison likely to elevate aged care to cabinet, as government boosts its funding by $1 billion - The Conversation 17/12/20
- Retiring? What happens with your pension when your spouse is working - SMH 15/12/20
- Government's super changes a 'gift' to for-profit sector, industry funds claim - Guardian 14/12/20
- How much money do you really need at retirement? Probably more than you think - New Daily 11/12/20
- Shedding light on the minimum asset amount in aged care - SMH 8/12/20
- Off and racing to a carefree retirement - SMH 4/12/20
- Retirement system goes backwards - National Seniors 3/12/20
- Why SMSF members should plan on living to 100 - Morningstar 1/12/20
- What the superannuation wars mean for you - ABC 30/11/20
- Do you have enough super? The answer might surprise you - SMH 28/11/20
- Savers are bearing the brunt of the RBA’s rate cuts - New Daily 27/11/20
- Making retirees spend all their money 'next major battleground' - AFR 27/11/20
- Self-managed super funds are sinking big money into residential property - New Daily 27/11/20
- In the debate about super, the actual point of a retirement income policy is lost - Guardian 26/11/20
- Winners and losers in retirement - National Seniors 26/11/20
- Post-COVID world demands 12 per cent super contributions: Mercer - New Daily 23/11/20
- Empty nesters rule the roost as retired tenants fall behind - SMH 23/11/20
- Put buying a home over increased superannuation, Liberal MP tells government - SMH 23/11/20
- Asset testing expensive homes for pension could reduce overspending: Income review - SMH 21/11/20
- Retirement incomes review finds problems more super won’t solve - The Conversation 20/11/20
- Here are five key takeaways from the Retirement Income Review - New Daily 20/11/20
- Super tax breaks not needed for wealthy, they should tap into their home equity, retirement income review - ABC 20/11/20
- Retirees ignoring potential of dipping into home equity: income review - SMH 20/11/20
- Federal Government to assess superannuation, housing policy after Retirement Income Review - ABC 19/11/20
- Morrison government set to release Retirement Income Review - New Daily 19/11/20
- Older workers discover insecure work is the new normal - SMH 12/11/20
- One Nation backflip sinks safeguards to prevent older workers being sacked under jobmaker - Guardian 11/11/20
- Ask the Expert: Transitioning to part-time work and drawing down super - New Daily 10/11/20
- Superannuation fees and underperforming funds in the spotlight as Federal Government looks to protect nest eggs - ABC 5/11/20
- Aged care reform proposals are in: now for the hard part - SMH 3/11/20
- Jobmaker: discrimination law exemptions could protect employers who turn away older applicants - Guardian 2/11/20
- Ask the Expert: Retiring overseas and using the Pension Loan Scheme - New Daily 1/11/20
- The Reserve Bank may cut interest rates to very close to zero — so what does that mean for borrowers and savers? - ABC 31/10/20
- Concession, please! Make sense of personal super contributions - SMH 27/10/20
- Finding the right financial help for your circumstances - ABC 26/10/20
- How much super do you really need to retire? - SMH 24/10/20
- Asian countries do aged care differently. Here’s what we can learn from them - The Conversation 23/10/20
- Old age is the next global economic threat - Age 23/10/20
- At the heart of the broken model for funding aged care is broken trust. Here’s how to fix it - The Conversation 22/10/20
- Australia’s retirement system ranked fourth in the world in new study - New Daily 21/10/20
- 'What is the point?': vast majority of older Australians don't lodge aged care complaints - Age 21/10/20
- What COVID-19 might mean for your retirement - SMH 20/10/20
- The lifestyle ailments that haunt, sicken and, finally, claim Australians’ lives - New Daily 17/10/20
- Older workers face unemployment crisis exacerbated by JobMaker, experts warn - ABC 15/10/20
- Thousands of retirees face being pushed onto pension by pandemic - Age 14/10/20
- Savers told to shop around as banks pay zero interest on large deposits - New Daily 14/10/20
- ‘An utter failure’: Coalition blasted over scheme for older job seekers with just half of pledged amount spent - Guardian 14/10/20
- UniSuper, IOOF and AustralianSuper top superannuation leaderboard - New Daily 14/10/20
- You can’t trust the price-comparison market, as iSelect’s $8.5 million fine shows - The Conversation 13/10/20
- Budget super changes are being hailed as a huge game-changer. Here's why - ABC 9/10/20
- Government's $1.6 billion home care package funding in Federal Budget 'won't touch the sides', carer says - ABC 8/10/20
- JobMaker incentive in Federal Budget 2020 is leaving people aged over 35 worried — here's why - ABC 8/10/20
- The whole budget in five minutes - SMH 7/10/20
- Super funds that perform badly could be barred from accepting new members, Frydenberg says in budget - Guardian 6/10/20
- Self-funded retirees 'the forgotten people' ahead of 2020 budget - SMH 6/10/20
- Run on the bank of mum and dad leaves parents $27 million poorer - New Daily 5/10/20
- Aged Care Royal Commission's findings have been batted away. But huge problems remain for Morrison - ABC 4/10/20
- Media Release: Response to Royal Commission COVID-19 report - National Seniors 1/10/20