You can do better than term deposits: here’s how
Published 25 July 2022
If investment risk is what stopping you from putting your money into term deposits and term deposits only, here's some food for thought and a practical suggestion too.
Telehealth is great and has nothing to do with Jane Fonda
Published 22 July 2022
It's called telehealth, and it's something you may not need now but may be dependent on in the future.
Get the least worst prices on power, gas, fuel here
Published 20 July 2022
Power, gas and fuel. If you look after the pennies, the pounds will look after themselves? Maybe now is the time to look after the pounds as well, at a time when prices for these essentials have gone through the roof.
Sleeping less and wanting to do something about it?
Published 18 July 2022
Up all hours, red-eyed and frustrated? Science hasn't got all the answers about sleeping and sleeping disorders yet, but there are a few things you can do beyond not drinking coffee just before going to bed.
What will kill you in 2022?
Published 15 July 2022
Life expectancy continues to go up, but it can't go up forever. At some point even the oldest people die. What of?
Out now: The Retirement Income Covenant!
Published 13 July 2022
No, it’s not a new spy thriller by Robert Ludlum, but a document telling superannuation funds to start doing what they have avoided for the thirty years that compulsory superannuation has now been around: look after their members. [more]
Term deposits on the move: get the highest, shortest
Published 11 July 2022
Following the Reserve Bank’s July decision to raise the cash rate to 1.35 per cent, many financial institutions have increased their term deposit rates.
Scams: Sydney Harbour bridge now being sold via your mobile!
Published 8 July 2022
The best way of avoiding becoming a scam victim it seems, is to get rid of your computer, your home phone, your mobile phone and your fax machine and move to a deserted island, impose a no-fly zone to prevent blimps and light aircraft from delivering aerial scam messages and also ignore any bottles that wash up. [more]
Have hot water tank, will bust power bill!
Published 6 July 2022
On 1 August, power will become much much more expensive, and there's nothing anybody can do to make it go away in the short term. Trying to use less power will help. Enter the hot water tank.
Super performance tests: pick the right fund and hold on to your hat!
Published 4 July 2022
Picking the right super fund is not that easy, especially when the economy is not doing great. Help of sorts is at hand.
Here’s how Govt can raise the pension and have plenty of money to spare
Published 1 July 2022
Raising the pension increases the popularity of any Government. Why don't they?
How to have heart failure but not a heart attack
Published 29 June 2022
Heart trouble takes many forms. Not all forms are fatal. Many can be managed.
Why on earth isn’t dental covered by my Home Care Package?
Published 27 June 2022
A Home Care Package can fund just about anything you could need in your old age, except dental care. Why is it so, and is it fair?
Deeming rate freeze start and other 1 July changes
Published 24 June 2022
The start of the new financial year on 1 July brings new rules and changes. Here's a run-down.
Land tax dead, stamp duty lives
Published 22 June 2022
Economists become very excited at the mention of land tax replacing property stamp duty, but the biggest state in the Federation has now all but buried its property tax scheme.
What’s in the NSW Budget 2022 for you
Published 21 June 2022
A run-down of NSW Budget 2022 measures that may affect older Australian directly.
All you need to know about the Government’s reverse mortgage
Published 19 June 2022
It used to be called the Pension Loans Scheme and was very small. Now that it's bigger and not just pensioners but also billionaires can access it, it's been re-badged as the Home Equity Release Scheme. It's still a reverse mortgage though, and it behaves like any other reverse mortgage. [more]
When will the minimum wage rise affect pension indexation?
Published 17 June 2022
Indexation of the pension on the basis of wage growth? It might happen but don’t hold your breath! It really depends on whether or not at some point wages will start to rise faster than inflation.
How does public dental care actually (not) work?
Published 15 June 2022
About 20 per cent of Australians, or 5 million people, are eligible for public dentistry in Australia. Even though only a fraction of that number actually uses public dentistry, the waiting lists are long and a movable feast. And the system invites you to cheat. [more]
Why you shouldn’t care about getting dementia
Published 13 June 2022
The two certainties in life are death and taxes, not dementia, and the chance of not getting it remains greater than getting it. Here's why you should ignore the issue- after reading this article, that is.
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