Financial services compensation scheme an insult to victims
Published 25 August 2021
Australians ripped off by funeral insurance schemes will be excluded from the Federal Government’s compensation scheme for victims of financial scandals.
COVID Check-in cards make signing in without a smartphone easier
Published 18 August 2021
COVID-19 check-in cards are now available to use to enter stores in NSW instead of using a smartphone or a pen and paper. Find out how to get yours.
Your home care is changing soon, here’s what we know
Published 18 August 2021
From July 2023, less than two years from now, things are going to change in a big way for anyone getting home care. The question is: is it going to be an improvement?
Why your super fund will short-change you in your retirement and how it could be different
Published 18 August 2021
What happens to your super once you retire? Would you know how to make it last until you eventually die? Your super fund would know, right?
Home care workers victims of early vaccine rollout mistake
Published 11 August 2021
Home care workers, nursing home workers and many other workers are struggling to get vaccinated against COVID-19. Who should go first? Or is that even a question?
What happens when there’s an emergency and the NBN is down?
Published 11 August 2021
When the NBN goes down, internet and home phone services become inaccessible. So, what happens during an emergency? How can you make a call for help without the NBN?
How to stop computer scammers targeting you
Published 11 August 2021
It used to be bank robberies and muggings but the criminals making a living committing those crimes are increasingly moving online. Here’s what to do if you are concerned you may be a victim or could become a victim.
Your pension is going up but not by 3.8 per cent
Published 4 August 2021
The inflation spike of 3.8 per cent in the June quarter will carry through into the pension, but it doesn’t mean your pension is going up by 3.8 per cent.
How to make your Home Care Package pay for less admin, more care
Published 4 August 2021
High fees for administration, coordination and case management leave many older people with a Home Care Package wondering if their Package takes care of them or their provider’s bottom line.
Transport inequity: city vs country
Published 4 August 2021
Country seniors and pensioners continue to enjoy the $250 Regional Seniors Travel Card among other transport discounts but is there enough on offer to match the benefits of the Gold Opal Card?
To SMSF or not to SMSF, that’s the half-a-billion-dollar question
Published 28 July 2021
Do you really need your Self-Managed Superannuation Fund or could you live tax-free without it? The answer might surprise you.
How to jack up the price of nursing home bonds and look scientific about it
Published 28 July 2021
Artificial intelligence is very real but when marketing consultants start spruiking it in pursuit of new business you ought to smell a rat, particularly if the aged care industry is involved.
Beware COVID-19 vaccination scams
Published 28 July 2021
As the COVID-19 Delta variant causes mass lockdowns across the country, vulnerable Australians seeking quick access to vaccinations are becoming the targets of COVID-19 vaccination scams. Here’s what to look out for.
Can your computer cope with the new Microsoft operating system Windows 11?
Published 21 July 2021
How do you find out if Windows 11, the latest instalment of Microsoft’s popular computer software, will be useable on your computer? Windows 11 won’t be useable on some computers as young as three years old. [more]
Some pressing COVID questions for the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission
Published 21 July 2021
The Greater Sydney lockdown has caused the Aged Care Quality and Safety Commission to once again close up shop and cease inspections of nursing homes.
Don’t jig the jab!
Published 21 July 2021
The chance of developing complications from an Astra Zeneca COVID-19 jab is about one in a million. If people had a one-in-a-million chance of dying on any day, 999,999 out of one million people would live to be 1,000 years old. There's no excuse not to have the jab. [more]
NSW property tax fanfare turns into dirge
Published 14 July 2021
If the NSW annual property tax proposal isn’t dead, it’s not breathing very well. In fact, this property tax proposal probably wouldn’t voom if you put 10,000 volts through it.
The how-could-they-miss-it part of home care: big items
Published 14 July 2021
Home Care Packages are great but do not take into account that they also need to pay for expensive one-off items. What can be done about that?
Will your phone work with 3G networks on the way out?
Published 14 July 2021
The 3G network will soon be shut down. This will mean certain older mobile phones will no longer work. Now is the perfect time to find out if your phone will still be functional when the 3G network is switched off.
Centrelink: Give us information pensioners, or else!
Published 7 July 2021
The Centrelink culture of making demands, not requests, and backing these demands up by heavy-handed threats has now been extended to Age Pensioners through the new income reporting system.
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