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.

• 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
• Young people's incomes have fallen over past decade as older Australians powered ahead, report finds - ABC 30/7/20
• My parents are in aged care, what should I do to keep them safe during the coronavirus pandemic? - ABC 30/7/20
• View from The Hill: Aged care crisis reflects poor preparation and a broken system - The Conversation 29/7/20
• Superannuation's default disability insurance highlights trustee failings - ABC 29/7/20
• Deathly silence on retirement review - National Seniors 28/7/20
• Paying down mortgage a top priority when nearing retirement - SMH 25/7/20
• Residential aged care assessment system has flaws - Age 23/7/20
• Super funds returns likely to be lower for longer - SMH 22/7/20
• Here’s another reason not to boost compulsory super: it’ll ramp up debt - The Conversation 21/7/20
• Pulling out of residential aged care: What are your rights? - SMH 16/7/20
• What super changes should you know from 1 July? - FirstLinks 15/7/20
• What Australians really think of older people - National Seniors 15/7/20
• Negotiating Capital Gains Tax on an inherited home - SMH 11/7/20
• The big reforms that could boost retiree incomes by 30 per cent - New Daily 9/7/20
• Developing the retirement income framework - Actuaries Institute 7/7/20
• Making sure your nest egg will last the distance - SMH 9/7/20
• Not the best time to help a child with a property loan - SMH 4/7/20
• Pension changes from 1 July 2020 - DVA 1/7/20
• Morrison government’s pending backflip on super increase will hurt workers - New Daily 26/6/20
• Coronavirus putting retirement on hold for workers who can no longer afford to quit - ABC 23/6/20
• Downsizer win as government confirms $25,000 grant boost for new retirement village purchases - Downsizing 19/6/20
• Amazing! Despite COVID-19 super funds could end the financial year in the black - New Daily 19/6/20
• Superannuation returns are flat — but don't panic just yet, says super boss - ABC 18/6/20
• How to make sense of changes to superannuation 'pension mode' and stop a reduction in payments - ABC 17/6/20
• Your pension payment could halve in July because of COVID-19 changes to superannuation - ABC 15/6/20
• ‘Ageing in neighbourhood’: what seniors want instead of retirement villages and how to achieve it - The Conversation 15/6/20
• Coronavirus share market slump leads to anxious time for self-funded retirees - ABC 13/6/20
• With interest rates so low what tools does the Reserve Bank have to support the economy? - ABC 13/6/20
• Debunking the ‘retirement trap’ myth - SMH 6/6/20
• This retirement tax punishes those who provide for the future - New Daily 6/6/20
• '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 new daily
• 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