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Retirement age and the concept of retirement in Australia are changing dramatically.

Half of us are terrified of retirement. Here’s why you might be OK

You don’t need to pay anyone anything to start understanding what your retirement could really look like.

  • Bec Wilson

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Before you put up the ‘for sale’ sign, it’s important to understand what the capital gains tax changes really mean.

Should we sell our investment property before the new tax changes?

The new changes to CGT will come into effect next year, but until then, nothing will change for investors.

  • Noel Whittaker
Katrina Evans was “appalled” her mother Madeline’s aged care home planned to charge her to see her own daughter play piano.

The NSW aged care home charging residents $15 to watch volunteer musicians

The way additional services are calculated in aged care is under scrutiny, as the minister says charging for volunteer performances “clearly falls short”.

  • Rachel Rasker
Staying active and healthy in your midlife can pay dividends later.

The health costs nobody warns you about once you turn 60

It’s like our body is sending invoices for things we did, and didn’t do, in our 40s and 50s. And no one explains that it’s coming or how to prepare.

  • Bec Wilson
More aged care beds are urgently needed.

‘Time they don’t have’: Why Labor’s aged care fix fails vulnerable retirees

Senior Australians have been waiting for a change in policy to help them access the care they need. The federal budget will take them halfway there.

  • Rachel Lane
Ingenia’s retirement village apartments at Grovedale in Geelong.

No stoves, no cooking: Company fined $1.5m over ‘unconscionable’ breaches affecting aged tenants

Ingenia Gardens has agreed to compensate affected renters and pay $100,000 to the non-profit group that raised the alarm.

  • Alexander Darling
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Living a great life in retirement goes far beyond your bank balance.

Didn’t retire with ‘enough’? Here’s how to make the most of it

We don’t talk nearly enough about what retirement looks like – or how to plan for it – if you don’t have a lot of money.

  • Bec Wilson
If you want to retire happy, you’ll need to start early.

The silent deadline that could make or break your retirement

I turned 50 at the start of this year, and it’s been the trigger I needed to get serious about my own retirement plan.

  • Bec Wilson
The greater your super balance, the more comfortable you’ll be in retirement.

$1 million used to be the retirement dream. Now, it might not be enough

Once you change the way you look at retirement, $1 million stops being a finish line. It’s just one number, at one point along the path.

  • Bec Wilson
Older Australians, especially women, are staying in the workforce longer than ever before.

Worried you’ll lose your job before retiring? Try these six steps

People who’ve had long, successful careers are lying awake wondering whether their number is coming up before they’re ready.

  • Bec Wilson