This is not a rant. This is a documented account of what is actually happening, and a genuine call to action for Centrelink and the government to fix it. There is something deeply wrong at Centrelink right now, and if you work in financial planning, aged care, or any advisory role serving retirees, you already
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Social engagement in retirement is about filling your week with people you enjoy. Here are ten friendly ways to stay connected, keep old friendships going and make some new ones along the way. One of the real pleasures of retirement is finally having time for people. The friends you only saw at Christmas, the neighbour
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A retirement bucket list is a lovely way to gather up everything you’ve been promising yourself — the places, the people, the skills, the small everyday pleasures — and start turning ‘someday’ into a plan. Here’s how to write one that’s truly your own, with dreams big and small. Here’s one of the real gifts
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Work gives most of us a ready-made sense of purpose. So once you’re no longer working — with the time, at last, to do whatever you choose — how will you fill your days in a way that truly means something to you? The Japanese even have a word for it: ikigai. A few months into
It’s the question half of us turn over at the kitchen table: do I have to keep working — and, quite separately, do I want to? They’re two different questions, and it helps to pull them apart. ‘Retirement’ suggests a clean finish line — last day Friday, gold watch, never work again. For plenty of
Buying for someone who’s just finished work is its own small puzzle — you want something they’ll treasure, not another mug for the back of the cupboard. Here’s a basket that celebrates the years they’ve earned. There’s a particular awkwardness to choosing a retirement gift. You want to mark the moment properly — forty years
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