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.

• So many baby boomers are retiring this doctor quit his job to go build them luxury homes - ABC 20/11/19
• There’s a yawning gap in the plan to keep older Australians working - The Conversation 20/11/19
• 'New dynamic': Frydenberg says over-60s need to retrain to boost economy - SMH 19/11/19
• Increasing life expectancy is changing retirement income planning - New Daily 12/11/19
• Longevity tables,the basis for ensuring your money lasts, need new life - Actuaries Institute 11/12/19
• The risks and rewards of annuities for retirement income - New Daily 11/11/19
• The drought and stagnant wages are bleeding pensioners dry - New Daily 9/11/19
• Is Vanguard about to shake up the superannuation sector? - Yahoo7/11/19
• Here’s how much you should be spending in retirement - New Daily 7/11/19
• How to use an inheritance in most effective manner - SMH 3/11/19
• The aged care royal commission’s 3 areas of immediate action are worthy, but won’t fix a broken system - The Conversation 2/11/19
• Tenants with SMSFs allowed to invest in DomaCom property fund - Money Management 1/11/19
• Superannuation shakeup sees industry funds set to outgrow SMSFs - New Daily 1/11/19
• Sydney women are retiring younger than their big city counterparts - SMH 31/10/19
• Health insurance: how much will you pay to boost specialists' incomes? - SMH 30/10/19
• Coalition to review reverse mortgage rate after being accused of 'ripping off' seniors - Guardian 23/10/19
• Postcode by postcode: a clever way to include homes in the age pension assets test - The Conversation 23/10/19
• Australia needs to loosen age pension limits to boost retirement incomes - New Daily 21/10/19
• Vital signs. Our compulsory super system is broken. We ought to axe it, or completely reform it - The Conversation 18/10/19
• Aged care royal commission chair Richard Tracey QC dies of cancer - ABC 14/10/19
• Super success in reducing government pension liability - SMH 12/10/19
• Superannuation pensions are under pressure with record low interest yields - New Daily 11/10/19
• Self-managed super funds face a wealth wipe out due to inexperience and a toxic economic mix: ASIC - ABC 11/10/19
• How negative interest rates would sting Australia’s retirees - New Daily 10/10/19
• Retirement policies need to change now to avert a crisis - InDaily 9/10/19
• Superannuation is about more than just money. Don't overlook the benefits of 'time in the market' - ABC 4/10/19
• These are the things the retirement incomes review needs to deal with - New Daily 2/10/19
• Five questions about superannuation the government’s new inquiry will need to ask - The Conversation 30/9/19
• Government retirement incomes inquiry puts superannuation in the frame - The Conversation 28/9/19
• This is how much climate change will cost your retirement savings - New Daily 26/9/19
• Review on retirement income reined in - AFR 23/9/19
• Risk averse Australians not 'having a go' in a culture of compliance - Age 22/9/19
• Pension rate increase - National Seniors 19/9/19
• Bupa’s nursing home scandal is more evidence of a deep crisis in regulation - The Conversation 14/9/19
• 'Something is wrong at the top': how Bupa's aged care homes hit rock bottom - Guardian 12/9/19
• Bupa's aged care homes failing standards across Australia - ABC 12/9/19
• Ask the expert: Working out the ideal insurance cover to have in superannuation - New Daily 6/9/19
• Stressed world economy is threatening superannuation members’ returns - New Daily 6/9/19
• Where have all the retirees gone? - National Seniors 5/9/19
• Wife Pension and Widow B Pension are stopping - Dept of Human Services - 4/9/19
• Aussies in these 32 super funds could be $200,000 poorer by retirement - AFR 2/9/19