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How you choose to pay for aged care matters. The wrong decisions can come at a high price, financially and emotionally

How moving into aged care could boost your pension

How you choose to pay for aged care matters. The wrong decisions can come at a high price, financially and emotionally.

  • Rachel Lane

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Some July 1 changes will see happier hip pockets, while others won’t. It depends on what stage of life you’re in, and where you live.

All the changes coming into effect from today – and it is not all good news

Who won when the clock struck midnight? It depends on what stage of life you’re in … and where you live.

  • Bronte Gossling
Like paddleboarding, navigating the pension system isn’t always easy.

Should I pay off my mortgage? Your pension questions answered

Navigating the pension system isn’t easy - here’s a beginner’s guide to eligibility and assets as you approach retirement age.

  • Simon Webster
Sitting down and running the ruler over your pension entitlements is well worth the time.

The big changes coming to how age pensions are assessed

Some part-pensioners will move to a full pension from July, while others who are currently ineligible for any pension will be able to start claiming.

  • Noel Whittaker

I have good news and bad about your superannuation

Workers are about to get a bump in their super contributions. But it may come at the expense of the pay rise they didn’t get.

  • Ross Gittins
Alex Hughes (left) at work.

‘A heaviness in my heart’: This WA mum lives on $441 a week

After divorce and disability struck her household, Laura lives way below the WA poverty line. Here’s what she says is the hardest part for her and her kids.

  • Alex Hughes
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The lack of appropriate advice for retirees means these sorts of scams will become more and more common.

Sweeping new super changes in June? Don’t fall for it

This week I was asked about major changes to superannuation coming on June 1. At first, I didn’t give it a second thought – but then the queries kept coming.

  • Bec Wilson
Risks are everywhere in life, not just in the stock market.

Think investing is like gambling? You’re dead wrong. Here’s why

Decrying investing as “gambling” is a simplified view that ignores the financial risks we must evaluate over the course of our lives.

  • Paridhi Jain
A change in deeming rates would alter pension payments for retirees.

As we head to an election, does either party care about retirees?

The budget and budget reply were clearly targeted at families and younger workers, with little more than crumbs offered to midlife and older Australians.

  • Bec Wilson
Questions on gifting are becoming increasingly common, however the rules are actually quite straightforward.

How do we gift money to our grandson without hurting our pension?

Questions on gifting are becoming increasingly common, however, the rules are actually quite straightforward.

  • Noel Whittaker

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