News and Commentary
Recent Australian news and other articles of interest to individuals and families who are retired, or planning retirement, in Australia.
- Asian countries do aged care differently. Here’s what we can learn from them - The Conversation 23/10/20
- Old age is the next global economic threat - Age 23/10/20
- At the heart of the broken model for funding aged care is broken trust. Here’s how to fix it - The Conversation 22/10/20
- Australia’s retirement system ranked fourth in the world in new study - New Daily 21/10/20
- 'What is the point?': vast majority of older Australians don't lodge aged care complaints - Age 21/10/20
- What COVID-19 might mean for your retirement - SMH 20/10/20
- The lifestyle ailments that haunt, sicken and, finally, claim Australians’ lives - New Daily 17/10/20
- Older workers face unemployment crisis exacerbated by JobMaker, experts warn - ABC 15/10/20
- Thousands of retirees face being pushed onto pension by pandemic - Age 14/10/20
- Savers told to shop around as banks pay zero interest on large deposits - New Daily 14/10/20
- ‘An utter failure’: Coalition blasted over scheme for older job seekers with just half of pledged amount spent - Guardian 14/10/20
- UniSuper, IOOF and AustralianSuper top superannuation leaderboard - New Daily 14/10/20
- You can’t trust the price-comparison market, as iSelect’s $8.5 million fine shows - The Conversation 13/10/20
- Budget super changes are being hailed as a huge game-changer. Here's why - ABC 9/10/20
- Government's $1.6 billion home care package funding in Federal Budget 'won't touch the sides', carer says - ABC 8/10/20
- JobMaker incentive in Federal Budget 2020 is leaving people aged over 35 worried — here's why - ABC 8/10/20
- The whole budget in five minutes - SMH 7/10/20
- Super funds that perform badly could be barred from accepting new members, Frydenberg says in budget - Guardian 6/10/20
- Self-funded retirees 'the forgotten people' ahead of 2020 budget - SMH 6/10/20
- Run on the bank of mum and dad leaves parents $27 million poorer - New Daily 5/10/20
- Aged Care Royal Commission's findings have been batted away. But huge problems remain for Morrison - ABC 4/10/20
- Media Release: Response to Royal Commission COVID-19 report - National Seniors 1/10/20
- Inheritance and its impact on the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card - SMH 29/9/20
- Delaying start of an allocated pension can have major benefits - SMH 26/9/20
- UniSuper, IOOF and AustralianSuper lead superannuation leaderboard - New Daily 23/9/20
- Going overseas? It could affect your pension payments - SMH 23/9/20
- Better housing for better ageing - National Seniors 22/9/20
- Industry fund supremo backs home equity release to help fund retirement - New Daily 20/9/20
- Budget wait for JobSeeker boost, but supplement likely for new year - Age 19/9/20
- Retirement gets more difficult - research confirms - National Seniors 16/9/20
- Baby Boomers won't cop it: Ken Henry's aged care warning - SMH 16/9/20
- Paul Keating proposes HECS-style home care funding model - Your Life Choices 15/9/20
- Benefits in making a loan, rather than gifting, to a family member - SMH 12/9/20
- Using personal data to better estimate retirement savings - Morningstar 11/9/20
- Thousands die waiting for funds in already approved homecare packages - ABC 9/9/20
- ATO ruling opens pathway for retirees to tap into home equity - SMH 8/9/20
- Banks cut deposit rates amid wave of cheap money - SMH 7/9/20
- Federal government announces changes in residential aged care - National Seniors 2/9/20
- Will the Budget rebuild the retirement system? - National Seniors 1/9/20
- Highest risk for older people needing aged care is in their own homes - Age 1/9/20
- Lower investment returns prompt retirement rethink - SMH 30/8/20
- Will politics step aside so we can get super policy right? - SMH 25/8/20
- The government has thrown another $171 million at the problem. But a real plan for aged care has been missing all along - The Conversation 25/8/20
- Coronavirus is devastating the aged care sector, and it all feels shockingly familiar - ABC 25/8/20
- Government will 'carefully consider' scrapping super guarantee rise: PM - SMH 21/8/20
- There will be no pension increase in September for the first time in 23 years. But there is a simple fix - The Conversation 20/8/20
- No pension increase in September - SMH 19/8/20
- We've been electing governments that damage our children's future - SMH 19/8/20
- Should you be able to access the pension early? - National Seniors 18/8/20
- Weigh up the pros and cons of a lifetime annuity - SMH 18/8/20
- To pay or not? The dividends debate - Morningstar 17/8/20
- Second stage of super withdrawals boosts non-essential spending - SMH 17/8/20
- Generational divide: Younger Australians are worse off than their parents were, index shows - New Daily 17/8/20
- Young people who withdraw super may be $100,000 worse off in retirement, Labor says - Guardian 9/8/20
- Superannuation early withdrawal won't hurt retirement for most workers, argues Grattan - ABC 7/8/20
- Politics with Michelle Grattan: Concetta Fierravanti-Wells on aged care – what needs to be done differently - The Conversation 7/8/20
- Pensioners charged double under government's Pension Loans Scheme - National Seniors 5/8/20
- Court decision overruling legal will sets troubling precedent - SMH 4/8/20
- 'Fatal consequences': Seniors demand help to stay out of aged care as infections grow - Age 4/8/20
- Why are there are more COVID-19 cases in private aged care than the public sector? - ABC 1/8/20