News and Commentary
Recent Australian news and other articles of interest to individuals and families who are retired, or planning retirement, in Australia.
- Property sale raises downsizer super contribution quandary - SMH 27/7/21
- What older Australians really think about younger Australians - National Seniors 26/7/21
- Options for appointing an executor of your estate - SMH 24/7/21
- How to manage loans between family and friends - National Seniors 23/7/21
- Fresh rankings reveal top-performing super funds - New Daily 21/7/21
- Top super funds defy gloom with 20 per cent returns - SMH 20/7/21
- Australia's wealthiest are exploiting a superannuation tax loophole, and it's costing ordinary people - ABC 19/7/21
- How much super do you really need to retire? Not as much as you think - SMH 17/7/21
- Tax Institute releases 287-page reform wish list to fix 'broken' taxation system - ABC 16/7/21
- Why are only half of Australians aged 65 enjoying retirement? - Age 14/7/21
- My verdict on the government’s new YourSuper comparison tool - SMH 10/7/21
- Superannuation funds achieve returns we haven’t seen in decades - New Daily 9/7/21
- Superannuation raids cost Australians thousands of dollars: Fund bosses - New Daily 8/7/21
- Recruiting the grey army - National Seniors 8/7/21
- Apollo Global’s Athene nabs strategic stake in Challenger Ltd - AFR 7/7/21
- Retirees flock to reverse mortgages to tap equity in their homes - SMH 6/7/21
- Who is going to pay for growing aged-care costs? Probably you - SMH 6/7/21
- Superannuation’s top performers for lowest fees versus highest performance revealed - ABC 5/7/21
- Options to generate more income in retirement - SMH 4/7/21
- ‘Your Future, Your Super’ reforms bring more accountability - National Seniors 1/7/21
- People are using their super to pay for IVF, with their fertility clinic’s blessing. That’s a conflict of interest - The Conversation 1/7/21
- New report’s big news on population will worry pollies and business but not me - SMH 30/6/21
- Intergenerational report predicts smaller population growth, rapidly ageing citizens - ABC 28/6/21
- One in four workers over 50 don’t believe they’ll ever retire - SMH 27/6/21
- Asset rich but cash poor? Reverse mortgage may be the answer - SMH 22/6/21
- Tipping extra money into super will reduce your tax bill. Here’s what you need to know - New Daily 21/6/21
- Alan Kohler: Your Future, Your Super is a solution in search of a problem - New Daily 21/6/21
- Superannuation changes have passed Parliament. Here's what that means - ABC 17/6/21
- How much money do you need to retire? The answer depends on one big thing - ABC 15/6/21
- Is it worth selling my house if I’m going into aged care? - The Conversation 14/6/21
- Ask the Expert: Maximising the tax benefits from tipping money into super - New Daily 13/6/21
- Battlers can still have good standard of living in retirement - SMH 12/6/21
- Mandatory vaccination in aged care - National Seniors 10/6/21
- AustralianSuper leads funds into private equity in hunt for better returns - New Daily 8/6/21
- People in manual jobs live longer than deskbound workers, study finds - Age 8/6/21
- Medicare changes could leave patients thousands out of pocket - New Daily 8/6/21
- ‘Grandparents need the backyard’: Boomers deepen housing crisis by staying in empty nests - SMH 6/6/21
- Complex superannuation recontribution rules explained - SMH 5/6/21
- Super news about the super drawdown - National Seniors 3/6/21
- ‘No jab, no work’ talk as aged-care staff, families fear history repeating - New Daily 1/6/21
- 68% of millennials earn more than their parents, but boomers had it better - The Conversation 1/6/21
- New-look work test opens opportunities for older retirees - SMH 25/5/21
- Retirees cheer as big bank dividends snap back - Age 18/5/21
- The true cost of early super withdrawals revealed - New Daily 18/5/21
- Federal budget 2021 is a missed opportunity for aged care reform - ABC 15/5/21
- Federal Budget 2021: Top 5 outcomes for seniors - National Seniors 13/5/21
- How federal budget superannuation changes could increase your nest egg - ABC 13/5/21
- What will a person's life in aged or home care look like under the government's sweeping changes? - ABC 12/5/21
- Federal budget 2021: Aged-care funding falls short of industry hopes - New Daily 12/5/21
- Downsizing and staying at home: What's in the budget for pensioners and self-funded retirees? - ABC 12/5/21
- Budget breaks to help retirees boost super savings - AFR 10/5/21
- Most Australians want the age pension to increase - New Daily 4/5/21
- House price surge means more first home buyers are getting help from the Bank of Mum and Dad - ABC 3/5/21
- Bank dividends to recover as bad loan threat fades - SMH 3/5/21
- It’s an ‘aged-care budget’... but will it deliver or kick the can down the road? - SMH 1/5/21
- Is financial advice unaffordable now? - National Seniors 29/4/21
- Finally, a super idea for extra retirement income - SMH 28/4/21
- Tax-effective strategies for Transition to Retirement pension - SMH 25/4/21
- Lifetime pension to alleviate money concerns - National Seniors 23/4/21
- Stephen Jones: Uncertainty on super is costing everyone - New Daily 23/4/21
- Lifetime pension to alleviate money concerns - National Seniors 23/4/21
- ‘Very big package’: $10 billion aged care boost at heart of federal budget - SMH 18/4/21
- Regional aged care homes are closing at an alarming rate, leaving elderly Australians facing uncertain futures - ABC 13/4/21
- Aged care consumer organisations propose reform plan - National Seniors 12/4/21
- Flawed arguments to abandoning aged-care RADs - SMH 10/4/21
- ASFA figures show many retirees die with no money in super - New Daily 6/4/21
- Older Australians are feeling much younger than their years: Survey - New Daily 2/4/21
- More retirees trying to avoid going into aged care, exclusive data from Australian Seniors reveals - ABC 1/4/21