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.
Why funeral insurance is always a fraud
Published 23 March 2022
Unlike cars and houses, death is not insurable, and that's why funeral insurance is a fraud. Legal, but still a fraud.
SCAM ALERT: MyAgedCare
Published 23 March 2022
Scammers have stooped to ringing older Australians pretending to be from MyAgedCare.
MyAgedCare or missing-in-action aged care?
Published 15 March 2022
A 1800 number, loads of fridge magnets, a call centre, a website, what could go wrong with the one-stop shop for aged care in Australia? A lot it seems.
Everybody’s Home: Australia needs 25,000 more social housing dwellings now
Published 15 March 2022
Not only is Australia’s chronic under-investment in social and affordable housing worsening the housing affordability crisis, but it is also actually costing the country in other areas.
NSW euthanasia legislation awaiting the final vote
Published 15 March 2022
The NSW Parliament is considering the Voluntary Assisted Dying Bill 2021. It was passed by the Lower House and is awaiting a vote in the Upper House.
Army sent into nursing homes
Published 9 March 2022
It sounds like a noble thing to do: send in the army, but the deployment of the Australian Defence Force to prop up residential aged care has less to do with the COVID-19 pandemic than you would think.
Universal for some: specialist medical care
Published 9 March 2022
The old adage that some are more equal than others is on display in the way people access specialist medical care. A new report by the Grattan Institute suggests the Government needs to apply the scalpel to an unsavory part of the Australian universal health system. [more]
Are QR codes safe?
Published 9 March 2022
They have been around for almost 30 years, but COVID tracking has thrust Quick Response (QR) codes in the limelight. They are only just beginning to be widely used. Are they safe?
Readers respond: Pension Review
Published 9 March 2022
Previous VOICE posts on the urgent need for a pension review were read with approval by pensioners. Here is a selection of what readers had to say about the pension and the need for a pension review.
Make your vote a vote for a real pension review!
Published 2 March 2022
If you want a pension review, make sure you make your vote in the next federal election one that helps a pension review along. We give you five good reasons why you should.
Have health complaint, will travel: medical tourism
Published 2 March 2022
If you can't afford the medical or dental care you need in Australia, there's always overseas, but what does this say about the healthcare system in Australia?
Light, air and sunshine: Vienna the affordable housing example for Australia
Published 2 March 2022
One of the most affordable cities in the world for housing is ... Vienna! Unexpected perhaps with all its ornate palaces and history of royal enterprise, but the city is a shining example for not just other cities but also countries. [more]
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