SimplyRetirement: News and Views

News and Commentary

Recent Australian news and other articles of interest to individuals
and families who are retired, or planning retirement, in Australia.

• Australia’s aged care sits low on world rankings - New Daily 24/1/20
• The product that can boost super by 35pc - AFR 22/1/20
• Opt-out super to hit workers: ISA - Financial Standard 21/1/20
• 'Dangerous conclusions': Super research denounces rise to 12 per cent - SMH 19/1/20
• Better retirement income products needed - Financial Standard 15/1/20
• Retirement income worry: Who worries and why? - National Seniors 14/1/20
• Industry funds dominate satisfaction - Financial Standard 9/1/20
• Income boom for retirees who own property - AFR 8/1/20
• From courtroom to kitchen: The Australians who say it's never too late to change careers - ABC 7/1/20
• New super fund league table should be taken with a grain of salt - Morningstar 2/1/20
• A decade of massive change in the superannuation world - New Daily 1/1/20
• Doctors' fee transparency website goes live but fails to list who charges what - SMH 30/12/19
• More than 100,000 still waiting for home care packages this Christmas - National Seniors 30/12/19
• Retiring boomers are walking away with their money and challenging super funds - New Daily 20/12/19
• Size matters in superannuation says APRA - Money Management 19/12/19
• The super choice of the super wealthy - Financial Standard 18/12/19
• How much can retirees spend and not run out of money? - Morningstar 17/12/19
• Redesigning aged care - National Seniors 15/12/19
• There’s an interest rate change for the Pension Loans Scheme - Human Services 12/12/19
• Australia doesn't have a death tax, but someone has to pay your bills after you die - ABC 9/12/19
• 'Tis the season to get serious on aged care: Here's some tips to help - SMH 8/12/19
• Soon there will be more people taking money out of superannuation than putting it in - ABC 3/12/19
• Private health system in a 'death spiral', says expert, but what can be done to save it? - SMH 30/11/19
• Report shines light on rising homelessness among older Australians - New Daily 28/11/19
• Greedy doctors make private health insurance more painful – here’s a way to end bill shock - The Conversation 26/11/19
• We’re delaying major life events, and our retirement income system hasn’t caught up - The Conversation 25/11/19
• The great superannuation debate: raise it, freeze it or do away with it altogether - Guardian 24/11/19
• New fight looms over pension, super tax breaks - Age 22/11/19
• So many baby boomers are retiring this doctor quit his job to go build them luxury homes - ABC 20/11/19
• Looking for work over 50 is a deeply disturbing experience - SMH 20/11/19
• There’s a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working - The Conversation 20/11/19
• 'New dynamic': Frydenberg says over-60s need to retrain to boost economy - SMH 19/11/19
• Increasing life expectancy is changing retirement income planning - New Daily 12/11/19
• Does your HECS debt die with you? - SMH 11/12/19
• Longevity tables,the basis for ensuring your money lasts, need new life - Actuaries Institute 11/12/19
• The risks and rewards of annuities for retirement income - New Daily 11/11/19
• The drought and stagnant wages are bleeding pensioners dry - New Daily 9/11/19
• Is Vanguard about to shake up the superannuation sector? - Yahoo7/11/19
• Here’s how much you should be spending in retirement - New Daily 7/11/19
• How to use an inheritance in most effective manner - SMH 3/11/19
• The aged care royal commission’s 3 areas of immediate action are worthy, but won’t fix a broken system - The Conversation 2/11/19
• Tenants with SMSFs allowed to invest in DomaCom property fund - Money Management 1/11/19
• Superannuation shakeup sees industry funds set to outgrow SMSFs - New Daily 1/11/19
• Sydney women are retiring younger than their big city counterparts - SMH 31/10/19
• Health insurance: how much will you pay to boost specialists' incomes? - SMH 30/10/19
• Coalition to review reverse mortgage rate after being accused of 'ripping off' seniors - Guardian 23/10/19
• Postcode by postcode: a clever way to include homes in the age pension assets test - The Conversation 23/10/19
• Australia needs to loosen age pension limits to boost retirement incomes - New Daily 21/10/19
• Vital signs. Our compulsory super system is broken. We ought to axe it, or completely reform it - The Conversation 18/10/19
• Aged care royal commission chair Richard Tracey QC dies of cancer - ABC 14/10/19
• Super success in reducing government pension liability - SMH 12/10/19
• Superannuation pensions are under pressure with record low interest yields - New Daily 11/10/19
• Self-managed super funds face a wealth wipe out due to inexperience and a toxic economic mix: ASIC - ABC 11/10/19
• How negative interest rates would sting Australia’s retirees - New Daily 10/10/19
• Retirement policies need to change now to avert a crisis - InDaily 9/10/19
• Superannuation is about more than just money. Don't overlook the benefits of 'time in the market' - ABC 4/10/19
• These are the things the retirement incomes review needs to deal with - New Daily 2/10/19