News and Commentary
Recent Australian news and other articles of interest to individuals and families who are retired, or planning retirement, in Australia.
- Bupa’s nursing home scandal is more evidence of a deep crisis in regulation - The Conversation 14/9/19
- 'Something is wrong at the top': how Bupa's aged care homes hit rock bottom - Guardian 12/9/19
- Bupa's aged care homes failing standards across Australia - ABC 12/9/19
- Ask the expert: Working out the ideal insurance cover to have in superannuation - New Daily 6/9/19
- Stressed world economy is threatening superannuation members’ returns - New Daily 6/9/19
- Where have all the retirees gone? - National Seniors 5/9/19
- Wife Pension and Widow B Pension are stopping - Dept of Human Services - 4/9/19
- Aussies in these 32 super funds could be $200,000 poorer by retirement - AFR 2/9/19
- Queensland buy back rules behind retirement village group collapse - AFR 29/8/19
- Confused about super? Here's a simple guide on what you need to know - ABC 29/8/19
- Not-for-profit superannuation funds surge into top spot after banking inquiry - Guardian 28/8/19
- Older female renters are the 'canary in the coal mine' for housing affordability - ABC 28/8/19
- Mortgage debt causing older Australians distress and worsening mental health - ABC 27/8/19
- Fall in ageing Australians’ home-ownership rates looms as seismic shock for housing policy - The Conversation 27/8/19
- Why inheritances no longer help young people - New Daily 25/8/19
- Robodebt could target pensioners and 'sensitive' groups, leaked documents show - Guardian 23/8/19
- Call for pension, super and family home to be part of retirement review - SMH 21/8/19
- Actuaries suggest radical retirement ideas - ASFR 21/8/19
- This shock plan would see retirees having to buy their pension from the government - New Daily 21/8/19
- Rethink inheritances. These days they no longer help the young, they go to the already middle-aged - The Conversation 20/8/19
- Hospital bill shock a symptom of 'market failing': nib boss - SMH 18/9/19
- Questions raised over survey’s dire predictions of aged-care employment - New Daily 14/8/19
- Over 65s flooding the job market - and finding they're not so employable - Age 11/8/19
- Costs of a rosy retirement outstripped the inflation rate for the June quarter - New Daily 11/8/19
- So you've retired... what are your options to ensure income will last? - SMH 11/8/19
- Bankers lead push to curb financial abuse of the elderly - New Daily 8/8/19
- Insurance costs in superannuation to rise with new legislation - New Daily 8/8/19
- Calls for big changes to superannuation - ABC 6/8/19
- Funeral homes investigation reveals high prices and unexplained charges - Guardian 1/8/19
- Ageing Australia: retirement income and you - Morningstar 30/7/19
- Over 50% of young Australians still live with their parents – and the numbers are climbing faster for women - The Conversation 30/7/19
- Newstart debate: Seniors groups push for increased ‘grey pay’ to combat job decline - New Daily 29/7/19
- 'Really no limit': Push to include super, pension, aged care in review of retirement income - SMH 26/7/19
- Pensioners should use the house to fund their retirements: Economists - New Daily 24/7/19
- There is a problem with retirement incomes, but it isn’t the super guarantee - The Conversation 23/7/19
- There is no evidence that halting superannuation rises will boost wages - New Daily 22/7/19
- Too expensive, too complex: SMSF revolt builds - Morningstar 18/7/19
- How to overcome your retirement jitters - AFR 17/7/19
- How the changes in deeming rates will affect you - New Daily 15/7/19
- Credit card debt trap increasingly catching older Australians - ABC 15/7/19
- Treasurer refuses to rule out further changes to superannuation system - New Daily 15/7/19
- Simple fixes could help save Australian consumers from up to $3.6 billion in ‘loyalty taxes’ - The Conversation 15/7/19
- Planned cut to deeming rate falls short of pensioner demands - SMH 14/7/19
- Savers brace for zero interest rates as banks announce fresh round of cuts - New Daily 12/7/19
- Deeming rates explained. What is deeming, how does it cut pensions, and why do we have it? - The Conversation 11/7/19
- New-look pension loans scheme poised for take off - SMH 10/7/19
- Pressure on Government to overhaul age pension as growing number of baby boomers leave workforce - ABC 10/7/19
- Super shock: more compulsory super would make Middle Australia poorer, not richer - New Daily 10/7/19
- Payment increase 'imminent' for more than 600,000 retirees - SMH 9/7/19
- The government is hiding details of how it sets the pension deeming rate - New Daily 8/7/19
- ‘You’ve been running your own pensioner tax’: National Seniors slams PM over deeming - New Daily 7/7/19
- Retirees rejoice: Government concedes deeming rates ‘too high’ after rate cut - New Daily 6/7/19
- Ask the expert: Simple tips to help you increase the Age Pension - New Daily 5/7/19
- Low rates are fine for borrowers but not pensioners - Age 5/7/19
- Government considers deeming rate change following interest rate cuts - SMH 4/7/19
- New financial year, same financial worries keeping Australians up at night - ABC 1/7/19
- New era for super begins: What it means for you - Age 1/7/19
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