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...
Consumers Finance · Government Applying for the Age Pension ‘too hard, too complicated and too long’ Older Australians are coming forward in a new research report with complaints about the Centrelink application process...
Consumers Industry Advice Seniors groups and the banking industry call for a “crack down” on elder financial abuse A number of Australia’s leading seniors and legal advocacy groups and the Australian Banking Association are calling...
Industry Finance · Government New approval round prioritises rural, regional and remote aged care places A “record-breaking” new Aged Care Approval Round (ACAR) with a focus on aged care in regional, rural and remote...
Industry Finance · Government Minister announces new Aged Care Pricing Commissioner For the first time since its establishment, the Federal Minister for Aged Care, Ken Wyatt, has appointed a new Aged Care...
Consumers Advice · Finance Seniors warned over shocking scam statistics A high alert has been issued for all Australians after a new report has revealed that more money was lost to scammers in...
Consumers Industry Finance Budget brings “mixed emotions” for aged care Expectations that last night’s 2018-19 Federal Budget announcement would see 2018 as the “year of action” for aged...
Consumers Industry Advice Last minute priority pleas pre-Budget Final pleas to make aged care a priority are being made by a number of the nation’s aged care peak bodies ahead of...
Consumers Finance · Government Advocacy group pulls through in protecting pensioners on Opposition proposal Low income and low asset retirees across the nation are in for a win when it comes to the abolition of cash refunds for...
Consumers Finance · Government Budget submissions shed light on key aged care concerns The time for community, advocacy and industry groups to put forward their Federal Budget submissions for the 2018/19...
Consumers Allied Health · Finance Report “reveals” why seniors struggle to pay health costs Concerns have been raised regarding the inflated charges imposed by Australian health professionals over the weekend and...
Consumers Caring & Carers · Finance Unpaid carers set to say goodbye to “crisis-driven” support services An additional $85.6 million in funding has been allocated by the Federal Government for services to better support...
Consumers Finance · Research Research hopes to reveal what factors impact the financial decisions of seniors The financial health of older Australians has been a hot topic and one that a researcher at the Queensland University of...
Consumers Finance · Government Pension recipients subject to new rules Legislation boasting new rules and requirements for recipients of the Age Pension and Disability Support Pension (DSP)...
Consumers Industry Finance Retirement living revamp around the corner for SA Retirement living in South Australia is set to get a makeover from 1 January 2018 when changes to the State’s...