The basics for how the Age Pension works in Australia

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How the Age Pension works To qualify for the Age Pension in Australia you must have reached Age Pension age (which depends on your date of birth but is currently 66), satisfy Australian residency rules, and pass both an income test and an assets test. Depending on your level of income and the assets you
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Free counselling offered to Seniors via the Older Persons COVID-19 Support Line

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Free counselling offered to Seniors via the Older Persons COVID-19 Support Line Good news for seniors seeking support during the pandemic and recovery. National Seniors will continue to offer free counselling through the Older Persons COVID-19 Support Line until 30 June 2021 after a federal government commitment to fund the vital service. The Support Line
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Australia’s top performing suburbs across each capital city for 2020

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Australia’s top performing suburbs for 2020 for house & units In a year that no one could have predicted, from a deadly global pandemic to our largest economic downturn since the 1930’s, CoreLogic’s Best of the Best 2020 Report released today reveals Australia’s $7.2 trillion residential real estate market proved remarkably resilient. While the initial
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CHOICE shames products in 2020 Shonkys awards | 60 Plus Club

CHOICE shames products in 2020 Shonkys awards

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CHOICE shames products in 2020 Shonkys awards Consumer advocate CHOICE launched the CHOICE Shonky Awards in 2006 so they could call out some of the shonkiest products and companies taking advantage of Australian consumers each year. The 2020 Shonkys uncover and call out practices from companies “taking advantage of their customers”, according to Choice CEO
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Vets debunk 13 myths about dogs | 60 Plus Club

Veterinarians Debunk 13 Dog Myths

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Veterinarians Debunk 13 Dog Myths 🐶 Over the years many myths about dogs have circulated, some are fun, whilst others make no sense at all. For example, when your dog is guilty of bad behaviour, your dog does not actually feel guilt – only it’s stemmed from the way you behave to the dog. Or
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Making super contributions after the age of 67

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Making super contributions after 67 years of age Reaching age 67 is now one of life’s big milestones, as that’s when most Aussies will become eligible for the Age Pension. But unfortunately, when it comes to the super system, it’s also the age when the super contribution rules start to tighten up. Once you hit
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2020-21 budget provides $250 cash payments for aged, family, disability welfare recipients and self-retirees eligibility

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2020 Budget provides $250 cash payments for aged, family and disability welfare recipients Criteria confusion for self-funded retirees – Seniors urged to check their eligibility Cash payments totalling $500 are about to line the pockets of around 5.1 million pensioners and other eligible recipients. Two $250 payments — to be paid in December this year
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Sleep experts debunk 10 sleep myths

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Sleep experts debunk 10 sleep myths 😴✅ There’s a lot of misinformation circulating about the best way to sleep, so we asked sleep experts to debunk some of the most common slumber-related myths. Each myths is debunked by a PhD postdoctoral research fellow at Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School and a professor
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Veterinarians Debunk 11 Cat Myths

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Veterinarians Debunk 11 Cat Myths 🐱 Over the years many myths and legends about cats have circulated, some are fun, whilst others are a little frightening. For example, it’s said in England that a cat who claws at the curtains or the carpets is predicting windy weather, and the Welsh believed rain was coming when
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Spine & posture techniques for Over 60s

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Spine & posture techniques So what is good posture? ‘Posture’ is the position we hold our body in during sitting, standing, or lying. Good posture involves teaching our body to sit, stand, lie and move with the least amount of strain imposed on the muscles, joints and ligaments during everyday activities.   Importance of good
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COVID-19 vaccines as of September 2020

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COVID-19 vaccines as of September 2020 Over 165 vaccines against COVID-19 under development and 37 at human clinical trial stage With over 30 Million global cases of COVID-19 and passing 943,000 deaths – a vaccine could not come soon enough. (view COVID19 global live infection map here). The good news is there are more than
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2 simple techniques to accepting stress

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Two simple techniques to accepting stress 😊👍 Accepting stress is the first step in bouncing back and beating stress. Whilst these techniques may seem self explanatory after reading them, it can be difficult to acknowledge how stressed you may actually be, until you stop to recognise it. Let’s delve in to some of the more
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15 ‘sleep hygiene’ tips to get you snoozing better

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Try these 15 sleep hygiene tips to improve your quality of sleep 😴✅ With many research-backed articles linking good health with good sleep, the Centre for Clinical Interventions has offered 15 tips for good sleeping habits. By following these tips, should see improvements in your sleep and make you feel revitalised and overall better.  
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