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Annual inflation for “non-discretionary” items that retirees must buy is running at more than twice the rate of optional expenditure, such as leisure activities and alcohol.
Annual inflation for “non-discretionary” items that retirees must buy is running at more than twice the rate of optional expenditure, such as leisure activities and alcohol.
Cashed up older southerners are flocking here with four Queensland regions now home to more aged pensioners than anywhere else. TOP 10 PENSIONER POSTCODES
Premium Content LETTERS TO THE EDITOR: Retirees welcome the allocation of more funding in the Federal Budget to improve the quality and safety of the aged care system and some additional measures to retirement savings. The Royal Commission into Aged Care highlighted the need to allow the aged to have greater control over their care and for providers of residential aged care to improve the quality and safety of the care delivered. It is pleasing to see the Budget allocation to lift the standards of residential aged care and reduce the abuse in aged care homes. The additional 80,000 new home ca...