The emergency ambulance is here for you, now what?
Published 10 May 2022
Imagine that you’ve just experienced a medical emergency. You’ve managed to stop panicking long enough to call 000 and an ambulance is on its way.
Election 2022: the fine mess parties have gotten aged care into
Published 4 May 2022
Aged care is in a fine mess but it's a deadly earnest mess and no slapstick comedy. All major parties have created the mess. They should clean it up together.
Cost of living: How pension indexation should work and why
Published 4 May 2022
Indexation to catch up with cost-of-living increases after increases have happened is fine if you have buffer, but those living near the poverty line or way below it have no buffer.
Getting really smart: mobile phone implant scams
Published 4 May 2022
Any new technological development is a double-edged sword. It can bring improvements but also abuses. Better phones = more scams.
The election and the Cashless Welfare Card
Published 27 April 2022
Election campaigns are not exactly known for their slavish adherence to the truth. The Cashless Welfare Card is a case in point.
Will your home care package collapse after worker pay rise?
Published 27 April 2022
Home care workers have had a big win in the Fair Work Commission. How will it affect you?
Is the language of love still in the air?
Published 27 April 2022
Popular music has changed over the decades, but is the change language of songs a change for the better?
Is your term deposit slumming it?
Published 20 April 2022
Inflation is up, the cash rate will be up and term deposit rates should be up. Some are but most aren't. Here's why.
Opposition Leader’s response to Budget 2022: aged care and housing
Published 20 April 2022
In response to the Budget presented by the Australian Government on 29 March 2022, the Leader of the Opposition presented a suite of policy plans.
Older and wiser: older drivers
Published 20 April 2022
Older drivers are among the safest drivers, and one of the reasons for this is that most know when to drive less or stop altogether. But what about the small minority that doesn't?
Can pension poverty be solved by a magic pudding?
Published 13 April 2022
Independently costed plans by The Greens would eradicate poverty. There is one problem: significant reliance is being placed on a magic pudding.
End-of-life planning by you yourself is vital to your dignity in old age
Published 13 April 2022
Thirty per cent of nursing home residents have an advance care plan completed by someone else, such as a family member or carer, rather than making choices themselves. Planning must be done earlier.
How not to have a heart attack
Published 13 April 2022
Out-of-the-blue heart attacks need not be out-of-the-blue. There are simple tests which can show if a person is at risk of a heart attack.
Cost-of-Living Measures: what they mean in detail
Published 6 April 2022
The $250 handout and more have been passed. Here's how you access them.
The future of nursing home staffing ratios
Published 6 April 2022
The Government adopting recommendations doesn't always mean they will implement all the recommendations they adopt. Aged care is no different.
Killing two birds with one stone: the flu and COVID-19
Published 6 April 2022
The flue is a killer just like COVID-19. Get protected from both before the start of winter.
What sort of Budget is Budget 2022?
Published 30 March 2022
BUDGET 2022 offers a one-off cost-of-living $250 payment to pensioners, people on unemployment benefits and low- and middle-income earners, but if the rate of inflation keeps rising, a lot more one-offs would be needed.
BUDGET 2022 forgets the most important infrastructure of all: housing
Published 30 March 2022
What piece of infrastructure is more important than a roof over your head? What does Australia do about it when its citizens in droves are becoming homeless?
Index the pension in advance, not in arrears!
Published 23 March 2022
For years and years pension increases have been small, but now that they are big are pensioners actually better off?
The great super fund shake-up is here
Published 23 March 2022
Time's up for superannuation funds, and not only the ones which are terrible at investing. Time is also up for funds ignoring the main purpose of superannuation: to provide members with income security in retirement.
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