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Older, sicker: life-expectancy boost poses health test

Older, sicker: life-expectancy boost poses health test

Australians can expect to live well into their 80s within four decades, but an aging population will pose increasing challenges for governments.

Push for path to appeal computer-determined health care

Push for path to appeal computer-determined health care

Push for path to appeal computer-determined health care

Push for path to appeal computer-determined health care

Independent MPs will back a bill to change the automated decision-making pathways the government uses to determine key health funding.

'Economically disastrous': Hanson's super policy panned

'Economically disastrous': Hanson's super policy panned

'Economically disastrous': Hanson's super policy panned

'Economically disastrous': Hanson's super policy panned

Allowing workers to divert a quarter of their super income to rent and mortgage payments won't pump up inflation, One Nation leader Pauline Hanson insists.

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Odd couple leads 21‑day push to get Australia moving

Odd couple leads 21‑day push to get Australia moving

An elderly tradie and his 11‑year‑old mate are the unlikely faces of a free challenge aiming to get Australians off the couch and keep them out of hospital.

'Eye-watering': minister stares down health funds plea

'Eye-watering': minister stares down health funds plea

Lobbying from state leaders has failed to unlock more money from the federal government to address the growing problem of aged care bed block .

'I'm a storyteller': murder trial hears secret audio

'I'm a storyteller': murder trial hears secret audio

Secret police recordings have been played to a jury in the trial of a woman accused of murdering her elderly parents with insulin.

Property-owning pensioners could get less public money

Property-owning pensioners could get less public money

A change to the nation's deeming rate from September will decrease the pension offered to seniors who own assets.

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Super members to get more advice in financial shake-up

Super members to get more advice in financial shake-up

Super members to get more advice in financial shake-up

Super members to get more advice in financial shake-up

The financial advice sector will undergo a major overhaul in an effort to thwart "bad actors" attracted to Australia’s huge pool of retirement savings.

'Sleeper issue': aged care too reliant on migrant work

'Sleeper issue': aged care too reliant on migrant work

'Sleeper issue': aged care too reliant on migrant work

'Sleeper issue': aged care too reliant on migrant work

Australia's aged care sector is overly dependent on migrant workers, with an expert warning it risks leaving the elderly exposed.

Labor holds firm as seniors face $250 health cover hike

Labor holds firm as seniors face $250 health cover hike

Labor holds firm as seniors face $250 health cover hike

Labor holds firm as seniors face $250 health cover hike

Health Minister Mark Butler has defended a cut to private health insurance rebates for over-65s as he faces a revolt among states opposed to the change.

Pay rise for aged-care nurses amid dire worker shortage

Pay rise for aged-care nurses amid dire worker shortage

Pay rise for aged-care nurses amid dire worker shortage

Pay rise for aged-care nurses amid dire worker shortage

The federal government hopes a milestone pay rise for aged-care workers will help attract and retain staff in a sector stretched by shortages.

Fact from fiction: boomers to spot AI traps in one hour

Fact from fiction: boomers to spot AI traps in one hour

Fact from fiction: boomers to spot AI traps in one hour

Fact from fiction: boomers to spot AI traps in one hour

A first-of-its-kind, 60-minute course designed to help older people look out for fake news shows more than a third are confident in verifying information.

Flaws in aged-care reform laid bare by $1800 crutches

Flaws in aged-care reform laid bare by $1800 crutches

Flaws in aged-care reform laid bare by $1800 crutches

Flaws in aged-care reform laid bare by $1800 crutches

Aged-care reforms are failing to rein in costs and are puting at risk elderly Australians' right to die with dignity, the sector's inspector-general says.

Missing man 'wandered off' on bushwalking tour

Missing man 'wandered off' on bushwalking tour

Missing man 'wandered off' on bushwalking tour

Missing man 'wandered off' on bushwalking tour

No trace has ever been found of a 76-year-old man who was on a group tour with his wife at a popular tourist site when he went missing.

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Neighbours' grief over remorseless killer's plea deal

An 85-year-old woman who was killed and dumped in a river is being remembered as a generous neighbour as her killer finally admitted her guilt.

Dangerous winter virus far more than 'just a bad cold'

Health authorities are urging seniors to get a free vaccine to protect them from a common winter virus that can cause severe illness, hospitalisation and death.

Just half of Australians feel prepared for retirement

Women described themselves as less prepared for retirement than men, according to a fresh report, which also demonstrated the value of financial advice.

'Beautiful experience': Elders, kids share special joy

Aboriginal Elders and young children are forging special connections at a unique playgroup celebrating its first year of spreading intergenerational joy.

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Options aplenty for Taser cop, gran's inquest told

An inquest into the death of a 95-year-old grandmother tasered by police has laid out a host of alternatives available instead of pulling the trigger.

Family rues cop's lack of remorse for tasing great-gran

The family of a 95-year-old great-grandmother fatally tasered by police feel the officer who pulled the trigger showed no accountability for his actions.

Cops open to dementia training after gran's Taser death

Working with a government-backed dementia training provider could be a possibility for police after an officer fatally tasered a 95-year-old grandmother.

Cop could have been ordered not to taser great grandmum

The supervisor of an officer who tasered a 95-year-old woman could have directed him to re-holster the weapon before he fired, an inquest has been told.

Misconceptions cloud palliative care as population ages

Australians have been urged to start conversations about end-of-life care as the nation's ageing population puts palliative care in the spotlight.

Free access to potentially life-saving jab for seniors

The federal government is introducing free respiratory syncytial virus vaccinations for Australians 75 years and older.

'Frail' manslaughter accused released into aged care

Prosecutors have accepted an elderly dementia patient accused of killing a fellow aged care resident can be released to a secure ward, a magistrate has heard.

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