by James Coyle | Jun 5, 2024 | Centrelink Age Pension
July 1. It’s one of my favourite times of year. We have passed the winter solstice and the days, albeit still dark and cold (at least down south), are slowly getting longer. And for the financial nerd part of me it is also the start of a new financial year. For...
by Jeremy Duffield | May 30, 2024 | Retirement Income
Keeping Retirement Simple – Part 3 In the last Keeping Retirement Simple article, we discussed how your retirement horizon impacted the amount you can afford to spend. The longer you need to plan for, the less you can afford to spend each year. This...
by James Coyle | May 30, 2024 | Centrelink Age Pension
Anh and Kim had a dilemma. They consider themselves lucky as they have worked and saved hard to now have more than $1 million in assets and they own their home. They are both over 67 so can qualify for the Age Pension – except they don’t! Their combined assets...
by James Coyle | May 30, 2024 | Retirement Advice
In the Retirement Essentials April 2024 Retirement Pulse we asked you about your wellbeing in retirement, including your health, happiness and sense of financial security. This gives us both a better understanding of the lived experience of retirement and the type of...
by James Coyle | May 24, 2024 | Retirement Advice
Many of us procrastinate when confronted with difficult tasks. At Retirement Essentials we see it often with people delaying applying for the Age Pension as they can’t face dealing with Centrelink. Another common area of procrastination is preparing a...
by Kaye Fallick | May 23, 2024 | Centrelink Age Pension
The biggest win for retirees in this year’s Federal Budget was the decision to freeze deeming rates until 30 June 2025. We reported on this in our Budget 2024-25 wrap, but wanted to take time to further explain this for those who are not quite sure how deeming rates...
by Jeremy Duffield | May 23, 2024 | Retirement Spending
Keeping Retirement Simple – Part 2 In Australia, we’re responsible for our retirement. The government helps with the Age Pension and Aged Care. But the rest we supply ourselves through our super and other savings and perhaps some work income. The...
by James Coyle | May 22, 2024 | Retirement Spending
One of the best things about writing articles and explainers for Retirement Essentials is the quality of the comments we receive in return. A recent article on the ‘classic dilemma’ of paying off debt or retaining a mortgage (but earning more in other ways) is an...
by James Coyle | May 22, 2024 | Retirement Advice
Many of us procrastinate when confronted with difficult tasks. At Retirement Essentials we see it often with people delaying applying for the Age Pension as they can’t face dealing with Centrelink. Another common area of procrastination is preparing a...
by Jeremy Duffield | May 17, 2024 | Retirement Advice
Keeping Retirement Simple – Part 1 I was looking into getting solar for the house to save on electricity bills and reduce our carbon footprint. I found it was pretty complicated, a lot to consider. Won’t someone make it simple for me? That made me think: this...
