SuperGuide newsletter archive

Aged care reforms: Changes to services, increased costs, Case studies: Super death benefit nominations, Age Pension Work Bonus: How it works and case studies, Pension fund performance: Monthly returns to May 2025

Pension fund of the year 2024-25: What makes a winner?, Pension fund performance: Monthly returns to April 2025, Updated pension fund rankings, What’s the Carer Allowance and am I eligible?, What’s the Carer Payment and am I eligible?

How to apply for the Home Equity Access Scheme (HEAS), Super pensions: Trends in payment frequency, flexibility, fees and more, Super strategies after losing your spouse in retirement: What are the rules?, The Age Pension when living apart: What you need to know

Age Pension rates (March 2025 to September 2025), Age Pension calculator (March 2025 update), Age Pension assets test rules (from March 2025), Age Pension income test rules (from March 2025), Common ‘myth-conceptions’ about retirement income, Pension fund performance to December 2024, A retiree’s dilemma: Pay off the mortgage or preserve super?

Updated best performing pension funds, Super tips and strategies if you are in your 60s or 70s, How can I top up my super pension?, Estate planning when your child has a disability: What can I do?

How to create an investment portfolio in retirement, How to maximise your Age Pension, Should retirees use their super to become debt free?, Guides to state seniors cards

Reversionary pensions: What they are and how they work, Commonwealth Seniors Health Card: Eligibility and how to apply, How to navigate the different stages of retirement, Need care at home? We look at where to find it and what it costs, Q&A: How can we reduce the super death tax for our beneficiaries?

Pension fund rankings, Are pension withdrawal rates safe?, Minimum pension drawdown rates (2024–25) and calculator, What happens to my Age Pension if I sell my home?

What happens to my Age Pension if I sell my home?, Case study: Recontribution of death benefits?, Retirement: The goals are shifting, Proposed increases to the cost of aged care

10 points to check on your annual super fund statement, Super fund fees and charges you need to know about, APRA’s performance test: Platforms miss the mark, How the First Home Super Saver (FHSS) scheme works, Super fund performance: Monthly returns to August 2024, Super news for September 2024

Pension fund performance to June 2024, Making super contributions after age 60: Even in retirement, In your 70s? The super rules that apply to you, Death benefits Q&As: Part 3

How retirees are using home equity to boost income, How does your super affect the Age Pension?, Quiz: Age Pension rules, Smashing senior stereotypes, Death benefits Q&As: Part 2

Changing pace: Retiring and thriving together, Workforce age discrimination and what it means for your super, The cost of residential aged care, Winding up an estate: 11 steps to help get the job done, Death benefits Q&A: Part 1

Pension fund of the year 2024: What makes a winner?, Which super funds offer income for life?, Managing retirement income with a bucket strategy, Deeming rates (and calculator) for the Age Pension income test

Retirement cost of living: 10 tips to boost your finances, Retiree reflections: What surprised me most when I retired, What is the DVA (Department of Veterans’ Affairs) Service Pension?, Introducing My Aged Care, Should you fully withdraw super prior to death to minimise tax payable by your beneficiaries?

Age Pension rates (March 2024 to September 2024), Age Pension assets test rules (from March 2024), Age Pension income test rules (from March 2024), Age Pension calculator (March 2024 update), Am I eligible for the Age Pension?, How to maximise your Age Pension, Aged care star ratings: Good but can do better

Pension fund performance to December 2023, Best performing pension funds updated to December 2023, Have you got an exit plan? The importance of estate planning, What is a testamentary trust and does my Will need one?, Estate planning when your child has a disability: What can I do?

Working in retirement: Busting the age barrier, How to work for longer to improve your retirement lifestyle, What is the Medicare Safety Net and am I eligible?, Why aged care deserves to be part of your retirement plan, Need care at home? We look at the costs