Consumers Industry Finance Federal Government to review retirement income system Federal Treasurer, Minister Josh Frydenberg, and Senator Jane Hume, Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial...
Consumers Finance Government Older Australians are still paying off their mortgage into retirement A recent study by the Australian Housing and Urban Research Institute (AHURI) found the average mortgage debt for older...
Consumers Finance Government Urgent reform needed in retirement system, says Actuaries Institute Three superannuation and retirement experts have petitioned the Government to review Australia’s retirement system and...
Consumers Industry Culture Awareness Older Australians need better financial defences National Seniors Australia is calling for the introduction of stronger laws to prevent financial abuse towards older...
Consumers Industry Allied Health Lack of financial resources could lead to a ‘perfect storm’ in aged care Older Australians may be unable to access the support they need in aged care due to lack of financial resources...
Industry Finance Government The current funding model for aged care not coping Aged care industry peak body, Leading Age Services Australia (LASA), is urging the Australian Government to pick up the...
Consumers Industry Education & Training Minimum Wage increase concerns aged care peak body This week, the Fair Work Commission announced a 3 percent increase to the National Minimum Wage and Modern Award,...
Consumers Finance Government Aged care groups support Raise the Rate campaign Australian aged care advocacy organisations are backing the Raise the Rate campaign in a bid to encourage major parties...
Consumers Finance Housing New housing project tackling older women homelessness wins industry award Older single women in Queensland have an innovative resource to rely on with the recently recognised share house...
Consumers Advice Culture Awareness Warnings of online scams targeting older Australians With scams already costing Australians over $14 million so far in 2019, the Australian Competition and Consumer...
Industry Finance Government Annual report reveals areas of ‘main activity’ in aged care pricing Trends of the past five years, the performance of the Aged Care Pricing Commissioner over the past 12 months, and hopes...
Consumers Finance Government Impending federal election reignites debate over age pension means test The Australian family home is the focus of a new campaign by seniors advocacy group National Seniors, which is calling...
Industry Finance Government Report shines light on struggling aged care industry Concern continues to mount over the financial future of the nation’s aged care sector, following the public release of...
Consumers Finance Government Senior women promised a more secure financial future Australian women are the focus of a recent announcement by the Federal Opposition which promises to ‘bridge the gender...
Consumers Finance Government Payment boost for pensioners Pension payments are set to rise from September 20 thanks to an announcement from Federal Minister for Families and...
Consumers Finance Government New PM announces plan to scrap proposed pension age increase The new-look Federal Government is set to abandon the previous plan to raise the age pension access age to 70, in a...
Consumers Industry Finance SA Budget reveal leaves seniors advocacy group ‘deeply concerned’ Questions have been raised by the peak body supporting and representing South Australia’s more than 633,000 older...
Consumers Advice Finance Independent tribunal called to change pension rates Calls for an independent tribunal to change the amount of age pension for senior Australians have been made, as it is...
Consumers Advice End of Life Future care crisis ‘on the cards’ as Australians fail to plan Failing to plan for future care has been revealed as a common trend among older Australians in a new first of its kind...
Industry Finance Government Aged care subsidy indexation rates increase labelled ‘inadequate’ A number of the nation’s key aged care peak bodies have hit back at the Federal Government for being out of touch,...
Industry Finance Government Report reveals the sustainability of the aged care sector is at ‘serious risk’ Funding cuts to aged care services, combined with rising operating costs and growing acuity and complexity of resident...