Regional bank branches are closing, replaced by apps. Alright if you're tech-savvy and don't depend on cash, but what if you're not and do? The Regional Banking Taskforce has given in to the digital divide.
Alone in the G20 and berated by the IMF, Australia stubbornly stuck to quarterly CPI reporting until .... now! And now that the CPI has gone monthly, what's stopping pension indexation to follow?
The risk may not be great but it does exist. Contact lens wearers should pay heed to the findings of a new study.
Work Bonus is there to make it easier for pensioners to get a job in retirement but the income reporting requirements are not for the faint-hearted.
Rates of dementia continue to grow in Australia yet social stigma stops people from knowing the signs and getting the help they need. Make sure you have all the information you need to stay on top of your health.
The NDIS, despite its troubles, is a far better care scheme than aged care, yet people over 65 cannot sign up for it. This has now attracted the attention of a legal firm specialising in class actions.
COVID seems to be on the way out, but is still cutting a swathe through the Australian nursing home population.
The assets test exemption and income test relief for pensioners selling their home with the intention to buy a home elsewhere are welcome but what's the housing crisis got to do with it? Nothing, as it turns out.
Retirement is the time when you can travel to all those faraway places you always wanted to see. Many retirees get a nasty surprise when they start looking for travel insurance. How expensive is old in travel insurance?
Thunderbolts and lightning, very, very frightening! One-third of older renters don't think they can stay in their own place as they age further, and it's not just the cost, a new Anglicare Australia report finds!
Are media releases in which the government of the day implies a forthcoming pension indexation event in March or September is munificence bestowed on pensioners by the government of the day appropriate? Do pensioners need to be thankful, doff their cap and tug their forelock?
Something is clearly not working when employers are crying out for workers but 760,000 people are locked out of the paid workforce.
Nursing homes are supposed be sanctuaries for the frail elderly, secure places where care giving is the absolute priority. They're also real estate businesses from which accommodation is rented.
The increased Work Bonus measure is an outcome of the Jobs and Skills Summit and should therefore be judged on its effectiveness in enticing pensioners back to the workforce. It’s very unlikely to do that. But it is also a good measure for those pensioners currently working.
For superannuation to work someone other than the funds must take an interest. That task has fallen to the prudential regulator APRA. After two years, the no-choice funds sector has been knocked into shape. Now for the choice sector.
Whether you're young, old or in-between, having a mobility impairment makes life hard in a world designed for the fleet-of-foot. August 27 will be forever a red-letter day in disability campaigning: from next year on houses must be built according to accessibility standards.
Are the banks of Australia as safe as the proverbial Bank of England? There is a government guarantee, but what if the Government itself is getting worried about the guarantee it has given?
So much of your money is wrapped up in your house, why not sell it and be rich! Questions is, where would you go? There are two answers to that question, but one is better than the other.
The law governing aged care is changing, mandatory care hours will increase significantly and a new funding system will start soon. But will aged care providers be able to game the new funding system like they used to game the old one? Will care hours actually go up as much as the Government wants? An aged care staff survey.
Getting a full pension regardless of other income and assets you might have? Sounds good? Be careful what you wish for, though.