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.

• David Murray says super is busted - AFR 2/4/20
• Some brighter news for savers among the gloom - SMH 1/4/20
• Social isolation a challenge for retirement village residents amid coronavirus pandemic - ABC 27/3/20
• More than a million pensioners could get higher payments after crash - New Daily 27/3/20
• Early access to superannuation over coronavirus should be last resort – advocates - Guardian 24/3/20
• National Seniors call for mandatory super drawdowns to be lowered - New Daily 19/3/20
• Pandemic won't wipe out Aussie retirement savings - Morningstar 16/3/20
• How to handle your retirement in the midst of the coronavirus market scare - New Daily 15/3/20
• Deeming rate cut to boost payments for 900,000 Australians - DSS Media Release 12/3/20
• Calls to fix the secret pensioner ‘tax’ inside the RBA’s rate cuts - New Daily 5/3/20
• Not OK boomer: Older Australians told to rethink overseas travel plans - SMH 5/3/20
• Why I'm a super party pooper: we need extra cash to buy homes now, not to retire on - SMH 5/3/20
• Coronavirus: aged care homes need audit of infectious disease protocols, advocates urge - Guardian 4/3/20
• Forget more compulsory super: here are 5 ways to actually boost retirement incomes - The Conversation 2/3/20
• Investing basics: A down-market survival guide for retirees - Morningstar 28/2/20
• The case for and against compulsory 12 per cent super - SMH 26/2/20
• Calculating value of a home for aged care, pension purposes - SMH 26/2/20
• Retirement regret and what to do about it - ABC 20/2/20
• Our economy doesn't work for the common good - SMH 19/2/20
• Jobs drought for older workers increases risk of ‘pension poverty’ - New Daily 19/2/20
• Labor's plan to turn government's 'time bomb' into an economic opportunity - SMH 19/2/20
• 'Why punish them?': Call to allow retirees to work without a pension cut - Age 19/2/20
• The unexpected driver of bumper super returns - New Daily 18/2/20
• Could universal aged pension be answer to complex retirement system? - ABC 13/2/20
• Age discrimination is Australia’s biggest barrier to opportunity: Report - New Daily 12/2/20
• Retirees holding onto spare rooms, even when they downsize - New Daily 12/2/20
• Older Australians who own their home more than 20 times better off than those who rent, data shows - ABC 10/2/20
• Here’s a radical reform that could keep super and pay every retiree the full pension - The Conversation 7/2/20
• Older unemployed and underemployed workers struggling to find roles due to ageism in recruiting - ABC 7/2/20
• Superannuation isn’t a retirement income system – we should scrap it - The Conversation 5/2/20
• Fees, contributions in focus as submissions to retirement review close - Age 3/2/20
• Super’s ‘unfair’ tax breaks face retirement review reckoning - New Daily 3/2/20
• The uncomfortable truth about super: there’s no ‘one-size-fits-all’ contribution - The Conversation 31/1/20
• Brace for super cap increase, SMSF trustees warned - Morningstar 29/1/20
• The pension rule leaving some retirees worse off for saving more - New Daily 26/1/20
• 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