Cost of retirement up in December quarter

Cost of retirement up in December quarter

The ASFA’s Standard December 2020 quarterly figures indicate that couples aged around 65 living a comfortable retirement need to spend $62,562 per year and singles $44,224, both up by 0.9 per cent on the previous quarter. Read more at SMSF Adviser.
The best of both worlds

The best of both worlds

If there’s one major positive development to come out of the COVID-19 pandemic, it’s that the world has finally woken up to the fact that a serious review into the way we work and be productive has been long overdue. As the world has changed so much over the past...
A mental weight

A mental weight

Mental illness is costing Australia around $200-220 billion per year, or between $550 million and $600 million per day. Most worryingly, that is only a conservative estimate the Productivity Commission put forward in its final report of its mental health inquiry in...