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Retiree internet use hits 80 pct

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 1 JUN 2011
One the myths of the internet age is that the web is for the young digitari while older Australians inhabit the analogue world. However, research contained in the 2011 Sensis Social Media Report reveals a fundamentally different picture. It found that ...

SG needed to save retirees: Shorten

ALISON BEVEGE  |  TUESDAY, 29 MAR 2011
... Australian retirees are already worse than OECD standards. "We are 26 out of 30 (nations) in terms of incomes of older Australians as a proportion of the population as a whole," he said. "How can we have the fourth largest superannuation funds-under-management ...

Super on table for October tax review

ALISON BEVEGE  |  MONDAY, 21 MAR 2011
... "We will continue with our super reforms to increase the super guarantee, deliver larger contribution caps for older Australians and deliver super concessions for the 3.5 million lower-income earners who get little or no concession on their compulsory ...

PC recommends govt-backed aged care equity release

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 2 FEB 2011
... superannuation benefits and encouraging the use of equity release schemes. The Productivity Commission's (PC) Caring For Older Australians report, released last month, said more creative funding measures are required because the average $250,000 aged ...

Gen Yers want advice

RUTH LIEW  |  FRIDAY, 12 NOV 2010
If you think the majority of people who seek insurance and consolidation advice are older Australians, then think again - new research shows fund members aged 25 and below are the primary seekers of single issue advice. John McMurtrie, chief executive ...

Retirees using super for lifestyle, not income streams

ALEX DUNNIN  |  THURSDAY, 19 AUG 2010
... needs. Dr Vidler said this confirms a policy mismatch as while government is trying to design incentives to keep older Australians in the workforce, many retirees are reporting they were pushed into retiring earlier than they would have liked because ...

Election campaign ignores seniors

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 17 AUG 2010
The election campaign has bypassed too many key issues important to older Australians, according interests groups that aim to represent the segment. Speaking outside parliament House in Canberra this morning, largely deserted as most politicians are ...

Gillard Govt to tighten reverse mortgages rules

RUTH LIEW  |  MONDAY, 9 AUG 2010
... mortgages. Prime Minister Julia Gillard said Federal Labor recognises that special protections are needed for older Australians who are using equity in their homes to gain access to credit. As part of its agenda, the government intends to extend protection ...

Seniors warn Coalition on super policy

ALEX DUNNIN  |  WEDNESDAY, 21 JUL 2010
... chief executive Michael O'Neill said the Coalition's opposition to the reforms were "a slap in the face for older Australians". O'Neil said the denying SG to senior Australians still in the work force is a form of age-based discrimination. "For many ...

IGR signals tax and health reform

ALEX DUNNIN  |  TUESDAY, 2 FEB 2010
... concessions are targeted. Other measures already mooted by the Government are to promote employment participation by older Australians, national productivity growth targets of 1.6 per cent, and a removal of the retirement age. "Many will choose to leave ...