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.

• 'Drastic surgery': Liberal senator Andrew Bragg's plan for superannuation overhaul - SMH 3/6/20
• Why are franking credits declared as income? - SMH 26/5/20
• Universal pension for all: Retirees call for tax and income reform - SMH 25/5/20
• Retirees face financial ruin as coronavirus slashes share dividends - Guardian 24/5/20
• Recessions scar young people their entire lives, even into retirement - The Conversation 21/5/20
• What you need to know about the government's new code for nursing home visits - SMH 19/5/20
• Banks slash savings rates on back of RBA moves - SMH 13/5/20
• Retirement villages have had their day: Baby boomers are rethinking retirement - ABC 11/5/20
• Retire the retirement village – the wall and what’s behind it is so 2020 - The Conversation 11/5/20
• Bank dividends are bare. Here’s why some shareholders hate it more than they should - The Conversation 7/5/20
• Why investors need to be careful about trading in today’s markets - New Daily 7/5/20
• New deeming rates still come up short for many - SMH 28/4/20
• Why savers face lower returns for longer - Age 28/4/20
• Comparing super fund 'apples with apples' not an easy task - SMH 25/4/20
• Coronavirus risks widening intergenerational wealth divide - ABC 24/4/20
• Challenger reports hit to funds under management amid super sell-off - Age 22/4/20
• Why you should resist the urge to switch or redeem super - SMH 22/4/20
• Fears grow for retiree incomes as banks pressured to cut dividends - New Daily 15/4/20
• Catch-up concessional super contributions a valuable asset - SMH 14/4/20
• Virus fight leaves Australia with a mountain of debt, so how will we deal with it? - SMH 11/4/20
• Concern over bank dividends - National Seniors 8/4/20
• The benefits of setting up a Special Disability Trust - SMH 8/4/20
• Half a million reasons to think long and hard before withdrawing your superannuation during the coronavirus downturn - ABC 4/4/20
• We need to stop thinking of the elderly as a burden - SMH 2/4/20
• 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