by Jeremy Duffield | Mar 5, 2021 | Centrelink Age Pension, Planning for Retirement
One of the things I like about Noel Whittaker’s latest book, Retirement Made Simple, is his description of retirement as a journey. “I think journey is the perfect word,” he says, “because it has the connotations of a desired destination and all sorts of adventures...
by Jeremy Duffield | Feb 12, 2021 | Centrelink Age Pension, Retirement Income
The third in our series on the Government’s Retirement Income Review Home ownership gives retirees a big leg up in retirement, according to the government’s recently released Retirement Income Review. Retiree households who own their home face lower housing costs. ...
by Jeremy Duffield | Jan 22, 2021 | Centrelink Age Pension, Commonwealth Seniors Health Card, Planning for Retirement, Retirement Income
More insights from the Government’s Retirement Income Review Everyone’s different in retirement. And how much you need is really a question to be decided personally. But we’ve all got a bit of “sticky-beak” streak and are interested in what others think they need. ...
by Jeremy Duffield | Jan 14, 2021 | Centrelink Age Pension, Commonwealth Seniors Health Card, Planning for Retirement, Retirement Income, Superannuation Industry
“Start with the facts.” That was the motto of the government’s recently released review of the Australian retirement system. Don’t come up with policy recommendations; just give us the fact base to think about. A lot of the news media coverage of the review has...
by Jeremy Duffield | Dec 21, 2020 | Centrelink Age Pension, Planning for Retirement, Retirement Income, Uncategorized
The inventor of weather forecasting, Admiral Robert FitzRoy, was motivated by the desire to stop shipwrecks off the coast of Britain. He established the first weather bureau in 1854….but was mocked for his forecasts and eventually took his own life in the 1860s. ...
