1+ week, 6+ day ago   (748+ words) After his electric wheelchair was destroyed in poor weather, Queensland retiree Colin Caudell has been mostly confined to his home. The 76-year-old has been waiting for aged care funding under the government's troubled new Support at Home program, a process…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (451+ words) Experts are calling for a review of a decades-old age pension rule which penalises older Australians for gifting more than $10,000 to family, friends or charity. With average house prices more than quadrupling over the past two decades, more grandparents are…...

2+ week, 4+ day ago   (524+ words) Australia's biggest supermarket chain has boosted its annual profit by 18 per cent, despite a challenging economic environment that has strained household budgets. Woolworths, which has more than 1700 stores across the nation, made a bottom-line net profit of $1.1 billion in 2025/26, up…...

3+ week, 2+ day ago   (545+ words) Millions of retirees will see a modest increase in their pension from September 20, though some retirees may be worse off. Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek said the announcement included an extra $4 billion in cost-of-living relief in the announcement. Indexation will…...

3+ week, 3+ day ago   (421+ words) Property-owning pensioners across Australia could soon be eligible for less government money, as a crucial welfare payment indicator is changed. The deeming rate, which the government uses to assess pensioners' social security payments, will be updated on September 20. It will…...

4+ week, 1+ day ago   (379+ words) While many might be dreaming of a new sportscar or a holiday home for their 50th birthday, Australians will soon be able to mark their half-century with a letter from the government. The letters are part of a new public health…...