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Centrelink Deeming Rates Are Changing: What It Means for Your Pension

By: Peter Kelly on 01 September 2025

From 20 September 2025, the Australian Government will increase the deeming rates used to calculate income from financial assets for Centrelink and DVA income support payments. ...
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Downsizing Danger: How Unlocking Home Equity Could Cost You Your Age Pension

By: Peter Kelly on 06 August 2025

For many older Australians, the family home is their most valuable asset. As retirement progresses and the kids move out, downsizing to a smaller, more manageable property can ...
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Boost Your Future: The Benefits of Extra Super Contributions

By: Peter Kelly on 12 March 2025

Superannuation, or 'super', is a way of saving for retirement in Australia. While your employer is required to make contributions to your super, adding a bit more yourself can ...
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When is the best time to retire?

By: Peter Kelly on 21 March 2024

Retirement – a phase many of us daydream about.
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Should It Be This Difficult?

By: Peter Kelly on 08 December 2023

Over recent weeks, I have been attempting to help some family members apply for the age pension. One family member is 91, and the other will turn 90 shortly.
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What is...the work bonus?

By: Peter Kelly on 24 November 2022

The Australian age pension is not a universal pension scheme. By that, I mean it is not freely available to everybody.
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Having your cake, and eating it too

By: Peter Kelly on 09 December 2021

For many, retirement is that time in life when thoughts turn to enjoying life without the drag of having to go to work to keep food on the table. As my dear colleague, Mark Teale ...
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Show me the money!

By: Peter Kelly on 01 September 2021

Regular readers of this blog will recall we have spoken about the ASFA[1] Retirement Standard in the past.
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What is a Granny Flat?

By: Mark Teale on 30 June 2021

When we think of a granny flat the first image that comes to mind is a small self-contained structure that is an extension of a person’s home. It is large enough for one or two ...
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The “New” Government Pensions Loans Scheme – Do I Need Extra Income?

By: Mark Teale on 02 June 2021

I wrote about the Pension Loans Scheme (PLS) a few years ago, but I thought it would be worthwhile to revisit the Scheme, how it operates, how it can assist either long term or ...
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PK believes people have the right to accurate, affordable and unbiased information that addresses all aspects of their preferred retirement lifestyle, thereby giving them the opportunity to make informed decisions that will empower them to live out their lives with dignity, certainty and security.

 

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