News and Commentary
Recent Australian news and other articles of interest to individuals and families who are retired, or planning retirement, in Australia. Also see our Blog for broader commentary on retirement issues.
- Why is retirement spending so difficult to navigate? - SMH 27/4/24
- Private health – here’s where your dollars go - National Seniors 25/4/24
- Ease your FORO: how to make sure you’ve got enough money for retirement - Guardian 24/4/24
- Why are people inflating their wealth for better aged care? - SMH 24/4/24
- Ask the Expert: Selling property? More than $3 million in super? How taxes will affect your investment - New Daily 21/4/24
- Will retiring at 70 become the new normal? - National Seniors 18/4/24
- Why Australians are choosing to work longer and retire later - New Daily 16/4/24
- Unlicensed aged care advice could hinder your later retirement years - SMH 16/4/24
- Ask the Expert: How to balance super, pension and income ahead of retirement - New Daily 14/4/24
- Grey divorce: why more seniors are splitting - National Seniors 11/4/24
- How retirement village residents could get better quality care - SMH 10/4/24
- Australians are retiring at their oldest since the 70s as COVID pushed more over 55-year-olds back into the workforce - ABC 9/4/24
- The overlooked tool that can guarantee your retirement income - SMH 7/4/24
- Ask the Expert: Understanding bring-forward rules, and when two super accounts can work better - New Daily 31/3/24
- Will gifting money to our son mean we can’t get the pension? - SMH 31/3/24
- Esperance aged care facility says federal funds will be critical to cover sector-wide pay rise - ABC 29/3/24
- What’s the best length for your term deposit? - National Seniors 28/3/24
- Reform could mean major change for residents of lifestyle villages - SMH 27/3/24
- Death, divorce, and savings accounts - National Seniors 25/3/24
- Ask the Expert: Getting better super? Make sure you’re comparing apples with apples - New Daily 24/3/24
- Later retirement damaging to health, wellbeing: study - Canberra Times 24/3/24
- How much can you safely spend in retirement? We crunched the numbers - SMH 23/3/24
- Experience Matters: The Great Unretirement - National Seniors 20/3/24
- How does my super compare to others? Here's a breakdown of average super balances by age - ABC 17/3/24
- The government is preparing to squeeze older Australians on aged care costs — and the opposition is keeping unusually quiet - ABC 14/3/24
- The ‘Bank of Mum and Dad’ is exposing older Australians to the risk of financial abuse - The Conversation 14/3/24
- What will aged care look like for the next generation? More of the same but higher out-of-pocket costs - The Conversation 13/3/24
- Aged Care Taskforce rejects tax levy and proposes funding based on personal wealth - ABC 12/3/24
- Dad is known within our family as ‘the magic man’. But when it came to aged care, we faced an agonising choice - ABC 11/3/24
- In Australia's biggest trauma hospital, doctors are seeing an increase in older patients. They're trying something new to help treat them - ABC 10/3/24
- Creating a realistic retirement plan - Morningstar 6/3/23
- Private health insurers announce premium rises after Albanese government approves increases - Guardian 5/3/24
- The hidden costs of borrowing from the 'Bank of Mum and Dad' - ABC 3/3/24
- COVID drawdowns on super to cost taxpayers billions - New Daily 1/3/24
- Retirees are spending their super, research finds - National Seniors 29/2/24
- Older Australians 'left behind' by increasingly cashless society as banks fast track end of cheques - ABC 29/2/24
- Federal Budget: Cost-of-living solutions for seniors - National Seniors 29/2/24
- Many retirees take more than the minimum from super - New Daily 29/2/24
- Health insurance soars 200 per cent in two decades as bill stress rises - New Daily 28/2/24
- Ask the Expert: Growth and return – figuring out your individual super progress - New Daily 25/2/24
- How to fuel up your retirement savings faster - SMH 24/2/24
- How to juggle superannuation’s interaction with the age pension - New Daily 23/2/24
- Independent guidance service to make super sector stronger - National Seniors 22/2/24
- Ask the Expert: Your biggest super questions of 2023 answered - New Daily 18/2/24
- The three things you need to know about your super - SMH 17/2/24
- How to deal with worries about having enough to fund your retirement - New Daily 15/2/24
- How to plan for retirement if you want to keep on working - SMH 10/2/24
- Aged care ratings system judged a failure - National Seniors 8/2/24
- What to expect when the Age Pension is indexed next month - YourLifeChoices 8/2/24
- How much of my savings should I spend in my retirement years? - New Daily 1/2/24
- After a lifetime studying superannuation, here are 5 things I wish I knew earlier - The Conversation 29/1/24
- Superannuation fund returns almost hit double figures in 2023 - New Daily 28/1/24
- Don’t blame the Baby Boomers - National Seniors 25/1/24
- These top super funds delivered double-digit returns in 2023 - SMH 24/1/24
- The seven biggest blunders to avoid when retirement planning - SMH 20/1/24
- Should you be earning more on your savings? - National Seniors 18/1/24
- Why some five-star aged care homes are the worst in the country - SMH 16/1/24
- Ask the Expert: Know your super options when making big life changes - New Daily 14/1/24
- How changes to superannuation in 2023 helped deliver you a higher balance - New Daily 14/1/24
- Doing these things in 2024 can help you retire comfortably - SMH 13/1/24
- Increase the certainty of retirement while maximising spending - Morningstar (US) - 11/1/24
- Thinking about retirement? Here’s how to plan at any age - SMH 8/1/24
- Ask the Expert: Getting early access to super isn’t easy. Here are how the rules work - New Daily 7/1/24
- ASX finishes Friday in the red, following in Wall Street’s wake - SMH 5/1/24
- Wealthy baby boomers could pay more for aged care in major industry shake-up - Australian 4/1/24
- Why the Government will continue to target super and the pension - Morningstar 4/1/24
- The Work Bonus is permanently increasing - Services Australia 1/1/24
- From Medicare to preschool: the Australian laws changing in the new year - Guardian 31/12/23
- Now is the time to review your financial situation for 2024 - New Daily 29/12/23
- Older workers still struggle with work-life balance – and there’s no one-size-fits-all remedy - The Conversation 26/12/23
- It’s not just housing: the ‘bank of mum and dad’ is increasingly helping fund the lives of young Australians - The Conversation 22/12/23
- It’s not just about accumulating super. Australians need to learn how to spend their retirement savings - The Conversation 21/12/23
- Picking your retirement point - Firstlinks 20/12/23
- Boost for free financial counselling services - National Seniors 14/12/23
- Retirement can induce 'relevance deprivation syndrome'. Here's how to enjoy retiring instead - ABC 13/12/23
- The reforms that our retirement system needs - Firstlinks 13/12/23
- How getting a second opinion can stop you being ripped off - The Conversation 12/12/23
- Retirement Matters - Actuaries Institure 12/12/23
- More Australians set to retire in debt: AMP - SMH 12/12/23
- Ask the Expert: We combat retiree worry No.1 – running out of money - New Daily 10/12/23
- Better financial advice is a Christmas gift for all – especially retirees - SMH 9/12/23
- Explained: Government promises cheaper and easier financial advice under overhaul - New Daily 7/12/23
- Baby boomers are scapegoats for ills of the world, Charles Sturt University researcher says - ABC 7/12/23
- Why many retirees could be losing income unnecessarily - SMH 5/12/23
- Big super split on plan for automatic super pension - AFR 4/1/23
- Ask the Expert: Low-cost financial advice is possible – here’s where to look - New Daily 3/12/23
- How retirees can deal with the rising cost of living this Christmas - SMH 2/12/23