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April 2024 Retiree newsletter

How to strengthen your finances in retirement
If the rising cost of living is eating into your retirement savings, it’s time to review your budget and look for potential sources of additional income. Read more.
How to strengthen your finances in retirement
If the rising cost of living is eating into your retirement savings, it’s time to review your budget and look for potential sources of additional income. Read more.
Retiree reflections: What surprised me most when I retired
Before retirement, the focus is often on preparing our finances. After retirement, our changing priorities can come as a surprise, and often in a good way. Read more.
Retiree reflections: What surprised me most when I retired
Before retirement, the focus is often on preparing our finances. After retirement, our changing priorities can come as a surprise, and often in a good way. Read more.
What is the DVA (Department of Veterans’ Affairs) Service Pension?
The Service Pension provided similar benefits to the Age Pension for veterans, their partners and widow(er)s, but the eligibility requirements are different, as you would expect. Read more.
What is the DVA (Department of Veterans’ Affairs) Service Pension?
The Service Pension provided similar benefits to the Age Pension for veterans, their partners and widow(er)s, but the eligibility requirements are different, as you would expect. Read more.
Understanding My Aged Care: What it does and how to use it
If you or a loved one needs Government-subsidised aged care support, at home or in a purpose-built facility, your first port of call is My Aged Care. Read more.
Understanding My Aged Care: What it does and how to use it
If you or a loved one needs Government-subsidised aged care support, at home or in a purpose-built facility, your first port of call is My Aged Care. Read more.
Should you withdraw super before death to minimise tax for your beneficiaries?
If you are faced with a terminal illness and still have a substantial super balance, there are ways to minimise the tax your non-dependent beneficiaries end up paying. Read more.
Should you withdraw super before death to minimise tax for your beneficiaries?
If you are faced with a terminal illness and still have a substantial super balance, there are ways to minimise the tax your non-dependent beneficiaries end up paying. Read more.

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