SimplyRetirement: News and Views

News and Commentary

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

• Super shake-up: Liberal MP Craig Kelly wants family home included in pension asset test - New Daily 23/7/19
• 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 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
• 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
• Can you afford to retire: How much super will you really need? - SMH 30/6/19
• Retirement reality is nowhere near so rosy as a new survey paints it - New Daily 28/6/19
• Super is delivering for people about to retire - Challenger Research 25/6/19
• Profit slump cuts retirement home operator Aveo distribution in half - Age 25/6/19
• 'We're sick of being milked': Retirees demand deeming changes - Age 21/6/19
• Why super is a burden on the budget - Grattan Institute 20/6/19
• Retirement village residents unhappy about complex contracts and fees - ABC 20/6/19
• Retiree debt is cutting incomes and forcing people to work for longer - New Daily 17/6/19
• Retirement income and superannuation review has a lot of issues to look at - ABC 17/6/19
• Retirees worldwide may run out of money 10 years before they die - SMH 16/6/19
• More people are retiring with high mortgage debts. The implications are huge - The Conversation 12/6/19
• Australians could lose $1.3b as banks rush to cut term deposit interest rates: report - ABC 10/6/19
• Inaction on Centrelink deeming rates putting the squeeze on poorer retirees - New Daily 9/6/19
• 'Charging like wounded bulls': Calls for greater transparency in the funeral industry to protect vulnerable customers - ABC 8/6/19
• The new superannuation rules coming into effect on June 30 – and what they mean - New Daily 7/6/19
• Superannuation guarantee must go to 12 per cent to meet world standards, says Mercer - New Daily 3/6/19
• Question marks over whether compulsory super will reach 12 per cent - SMH 2/6/19