Increase to Age Pension age from 1 July 2019
Benjamin 2019-06-17T19:02:35+00:00If you’re born between 1 January 1954 and 30 June 1955, you can claim Age Pension once you’re 66.
Scott Morrison says aged care is one of Federal Government’s three major priorities
Benjamin 2019-06-17T18:54:25+00:00The Prime Minister said aged care would be one of the three most important focus points for the newly re-elected Government – along with youth mental health and the NDIS.
High-rise retirement living is the way of the future, experts say
Benjamin 2019-06-17T13:12:50+00:00Kathryn Greiner wants an overhaul of the retirement village industry. Seniors living knitted into skyscraper residential developments is the way of the future, experts say as they urge industry players to rethink the existing retirement-village model. Kathryn Greiner, who chairs the NSW inquiry into retirement villages, recommends integrating designated seniors living apartments in [...]
Bernard Salt: Retirement village living of the future will be all about lifestyle
Benjamin 2019-06-17T13:12:57+00:00We'll remove the ‘R word’ from our vocabulary and replace it with ‘lifestyle. In a recent interview, acclaimed futurist and demographer Bernard Salt says that retirement village living of the future will be all about lifestyle, suggesting that baby boomers will make retirement ‘fashionable’ by the end of the decade. “We will remove the ‘R [...]
Centuria boss Nick Collishaw builds new venture
Benjamin 2019-06-17T13:13:04+00:00Nick Collishaw is developing affordable accommodation for tourists and retirees. Nick Collishaw will form a new group focusing on affordable accommodation and the affordable retirement sector after he steps down as Centuria Group’s head of listed funds early next year. Mr Collishaw, a former chief executive of Mirvac Group, will remain on the [...]