How long should an Age Pension take?
Does Centrelink pay its way? is the title of an article I wrote a week or so ago for retirement advice specialists, Retirement Essentials. Given that Services Australia has a budget of $5.6 billion annually to service federal government payments, it’s a fair question. Sure, it’s a big job, but the ongoing Senate Estimates Committees which scrutinise Centrelink’s performancecontinue to uncover blowouts in call wait times and processing of applications
Clooney, Biden and the question of age
Since the somewhat disastrous American Presidential debate on July 27, I’ve been trying hard not to have an opinion on whether President Biden is fit to recontest an election and (if successful) lead the United States for another four years. That’s not going so well. As Biden tries harder and harder to demonstrate his mental acuity and physical vigour he just seems to look less capable. And I find this
New ways of seeing:
Will older workers fill the gaps created by the so-called ‘Great Retirement”? Author Bradley Schurman sees opportunities for all in this demographic shift.
‘The Super Age’
Congratulations to Bradley Schurman for his pragmatic, thought provoking overview of ‘The super Age’ – this time in history when there are more older citizens than ever – but only one in seven companies is actively responding to this growing consumer force.
Flesh after 50: The gains of age
Did you hear the tale of the photographer, the gynaecologist and the art curator?
Probably not, so it’s about time that you did.
Earlier this year I was privileged to visit an exhibition which resulted from the collaboration between these three remarkable women.
Titled Flesh after Fifty, it all started with Martha Hickey, Professor of Obstetrics and Gynaecology, at the University of Melbourne. Martha was frustrated that she couldn’t ‘get through’ on the importance and meaning of menopause.