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What our members have to say about us


Desley, QLD

Advocacy is where I get value from my membership. Branch activities, discounts and other incentives are a bonus for me.

Dennis, NSW

I became a National Seniors member to make friends when I retired. Participating at branch level, I’ve made many friends locally and across the wider branch network.

Merle, NSW

Love Our Generation magazine. It’s extremely helpful, informative and political – but it needs to be. It’s positive, open-minded and not afraid to challenge.

Some of the benefits of membership

Discounts

Discounts

Save with over 1,000 discounts on groceries, fuel, accommodation, fitness, health care, motor services, books, theme parks, appliances, cinemas, gift cards and more!

Our Generation magazine

Our Generation magazine

Members receive a yearly subscription to Our Generation digital magazine!

Branches

Branches

Expand your social circle, enjoy social events, day-trips, guest speakers and meet like-minded members.

Financial Information Consultant

Financial Information Consultant

Members can speak to a real person to receive up-to-date information on retirement planning, estate planning, Centrelink benefits, investment choices, Aged Care, superannuation, and more!

Competitions

Competitions

Enter and win newly released books, DVDs, CDs, and movie and event tickets with access to exclusive member-only competitions.

Merchandise store

Merchandise store

Get access to National Seniors merchandise including polo shirts, caps, visors, lanyards, water bottle and more through our online store.

Calculators

Calculators

Try our free Concessions, Downsizing and Lifespan calculators.

National Seniors Money Hub

National Seniors Money Hub

News and resources to help with retirement planning, boosting your retirement income and funding aged care.

Our Services

Our Services

We offer a range of banking, insurance and travel services to our members.

Newsletters

Newsletters

Stay up to the date with the latest health, finance, travel and lifestyle topics, as well as the key policy, research and advocacy issues impacting older Australians.

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Our Advocacy campaigns

Fairness in retirement income

Fairness in retirement income

Campaigning for a retirement income system that is adequate, sustainable and fair.

Fairer Concessions

Fairer Concessions

We're campaigning for fairer concessions. Plus, discover the current concessions for older Australians.

Fix pension poverty

Fix pension poverty

We're fighting to improve the standard of living for those reliant on the Age Pension.

Health Costs/Specialist Fees

Health Costs/Specialist Fees

We're campaigning to reduce out-of-pocket health care costs.

Aged care

Aged care

We are working hard to build a better aged care system for you with an emphasis on making home care available when and where you need it.

Better housing

Better housing

We're working to improve downsizing options and introduce a stamp duty concession.

Energy Affordability

Energy Affordability

We're working to reduce energy bills for older Australians.

Healthy Earth, Healthier Future

Healthy Earth, Healthier Future

We're campaigning the government to take practical action on climate issues.

Federal Budget 2022: A Fairer Future

Federal Budget 2022: A Fairer Future

We're urging the government to adopt a number of key recommendations.

Member stories

Heather, Melbourne

Heather, Melbourne

The art of listening is often underrated but when Heather Morris steps back and pays attention, the magic happens.

Nola, Canberra North Branch

Nola, Canberra North Branch

“Being involved with organising events and planning for the future means you have lots to talk about. We have 80 to 90 people at our meetings.”

Heather, Sydney

Heather, Sydney

We caught up with 92-year-old Heather Lee who took the 2019 Masters Games by storm, setting a new race walk world record of 24 minutes 52.25 seconds over 3,000 metres.

Making a difference for older Australians

Our work is made possible through the support of generous Australians

Our work is made possible through the support of generous Australians

National Seniors Australia is a not-for-profit organisation established in 1976. 

We rely on people like you to become a member, or use our services to help us advocate for better outcomes for people aged over 50. We tackle issues such as age discrimination, accessible housing, pension poverty, health costs, aged care and improving retirement income.

Members have exclusive access to discounts, a yearly subscription to Our Generation magazine, local community branches, access to our Financial Information Consultant for independent information, tools and resources and more.

For only $49.50, anyone can become a member and it only takes a few minutes to join.

Members-only articles

Cheese and bacon scones
  • Member Matters
  • Recipes

Cheese and bacon scones

Blue nomads ride the crest of a cruising wave
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Blue nomads ride the crest of a cruising wave

Be a winner and support National Seniors
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Be a winner and support National Seniors

Act now to tackle bushfire threat
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Act now to tackle bushfire threat

Are you ready to land 6 weeks of free health insurance?
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Are you ready to land 6 weeks of free health insurance?

Creamy carbonara
  • Member Matters
  • Recipes

Creamy carbonara

Take the flight of a lifetime to Antarctica
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Take the flight of a lifetime to Antarctica

Parlour games make a comeback
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Parlour games make a comeback

5 essential tips for seniors living alone
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 6 mins

5 essential tips for seniors living alone

Spring goddess risotto
  • Spring 2023
  • Recipes
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Spring goddess risotto

Lemon and coconut cake with lemon glaze
  • Spring 2023
  • Recipes
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Lemon and coconut cake with lemon glaze

Browned butter and chocolate chip cookies
  • Spring 2023
  • Recipes
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Browned butter and chocolate chip cookies

Chicken, lemon and olive traybake
  • Spring 2023
  • Recipes
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Chicken, lemon and olive traybake

Five minutes with Karen Furnivall
  • Spring 2023
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Five minutes with Karen Furnivall

The resurgence of a cuddly Aussie icon
  • Spring 2023
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 4 mins

The resurgence of a cuddly Aussie icon

Solo searching South Africa
  • Spring 2023
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Solo searching South Africa

Member messages: Spring 2023
  • Spring 2023
  • Messages for our members
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Member messages: Spring 2023

Welcome - Spring 2023
  • Spring 2023
  • Messages for our members
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Welcome - Spring 2023

The importance of sexual health and ageing
  • Spring 2023
  • Research
  • Read Time: 5 mins

The importance of sexual health and ageing

Addressing the issues that really matter
  • Spring 2023
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Addressing the issues that really matter

Call for less burden, more choice in pension age
  • Spring 2023
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Call for less burden, more choice in pension age

The evolution of aged care funding
  • Spring 2023
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 5 mins

The evolution of aged care funding

Health and Wellness: Spring 2023
  • Spring 2023
  • Health and wellness
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Health and Wellness: Spring 2023

Special meaning behind deserving win
  • Spring 2023
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 7 mins

Special meaning behind deserving win

Your possessions may have a story to tell
  • Spring 2023
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 7 mins

Your possessions may have a story to tell

Carinity Brookfield Green aged care resident Stan Fryer with two robotic companion pets
  • Spring 2023
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 7 mins

Stimulating the senses in aged care

Tree change: retiring in the regions
  • Spring 2023
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 7 mins

Tree change: retiring in the regions

Seeking justice over scam debacle
  • Spring 2023
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 7 mins

Seeking justice over scam debacle

Magical Mediterranean escape
  • Spring 2023
  • Travel
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Magical Mediterranean escape

Meaningful work options for older Australians
  • Spring 2023
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Meaningful work options for older Australians

What the tech?
  • Spring 2023
  • Technology
  • Read Time: 5 mins

What the tech?

What's on: Spring 2023
  • Spring 2023
  • What's on
  • Read Time: 3 mins

What's on: Spring 2023

Pay apps are leading the way in online shopping
  • Spring 2023
  • Finance
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Pay apps are leading the way in online shopping

Ask the experts: Spring 2023
  • Spring 2023
  • Ask the experts
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Ask the experts: Spring 2023

Branch Out: Spring 2023
  • Spring 2023
  • Branch Out
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Branch Out: Spring 2023

Alluring Australian destinations
  • Spring 2023
  • Travel
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Alluring Australian destinations

Top seven tips on how to age well and thrive at home
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Top seven tips on how to age well and thrive at home

Return of the double feature
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Return of the double feature

Making the most of meetings
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Making the most of meetings

Want to improve your online skills?
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Want to improve your online skills?

Sweet surrender – have Fantales disappeared forever?
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Sweet surrender – have Fantales disappeared forever?

Understanding the foundations of an epic retirement
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Understanding the foundations of an epic retirement

You’re never too old to be active
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 6 mins

You’re never too old to be active

Embracing nostalgia
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Embracing nostalgia

Three timeless tips for success in retirement
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Three timeless tips for success in retirement

Member messages: Winter 2023
  • Winter 2023
  • Messages for our members
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Member messages: Winter 2023

Welcome - Winter 2023
  • Winter 2023
  • Messages for our members
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Welcome - Winter 2023

Ask the experts: Winter 2023
  • Winter 2023
  • Ask the experts
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Ask the experts: Winter 2023

Branch Out: Winter 2023
  • Winter 2023
  • Branch Out
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Branch Out: Winter 2023

Rhubarb crumble
  • Winter 2023
  • Recipes
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Rhubarb crumble

Five minutes with Mary Safe
  • Winter 2023
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Five minutes with Mary Safe

Representation matters
  • Winter 2023
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Representation matters

What's on: Winter 2023
  • Winter 2022
  • What's on
  • Read Time: 3 mins

What's on: Winter 2023

Revolutionising  in-home care
  • Winter 2023
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Revolutionising in-home care

This working life – you’re never too old
  • Winter 2023
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 5 mins

This working life – you’re never too old

Winter 2023 health and wellness tips
  • Winter 2023
  • Health and wellness
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Winter 2023 health and wellness tips

Championing the voices of older Australians
  • Winter 2023
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Championing the voices of older Australians

The talented Mr Calma
  • Winter 2023
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 7 mins

The talented Mr Calma

Calling all garden lovers
  • Winter 2023
  • Travel
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Calling all garden lovers

Scenic Solo South Island
  • Winter 2023
  • Travel
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Scenic Solo South Island

The Mighty Mekong
  • Winter 2023
  • Travel
  • Read Time: 4 mins

The Mighty Mekong

Resurgence of handicrafts makes a good yarn
  • Winter 2023
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Resurgence of handicrafts makes a good yarn

Federal Budget wins for older Australians
  • Winter 2023
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 7 mins

Federal Budget wins for older Australians

How to plan for an unexpected illness
  • Member Matters
  • Health and wellness
  • Read Time: 6 mins

How to plan for an unexpected illness

Paul shares his passion for people and the planet
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Paul shares his passion for people and the planet

What's on: Australia's best Autumn events
  • Autumn 2023
  • What's on
  • Read Time: 3 mins

What's on: Australia's best Autumn events

Kulcheh shor salted afghan biscuits
  • Autumn 2023
  • Recipes
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Kulcheh shor salted afghan biscuits

Best chocolate cupcakes
  • Autumn 2023
  • Recipes
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Best chocolate cupcakes

Thai pork lettuce cups
  • Autumn 2023
  • Recipes
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Thai pork lettuce cups

Pistachio lamb meatballs with feta sauce
  • Autumn 2023
  • Recipes
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Pistachio lamb meatballs with feta sauce

The original influencer
  • Autumn 2023
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 4 mins

The original influencer

Lockdown: A writer's legacy
  • Autumn 2023
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Lockdown: A writer's legacy

Epic outback Queensland
  • Autumn 2023
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Epic outback Queensland

Wild South African safari
  • Autumn 2023
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Wild South African safari

Mad March in Adelaide’s Parklands
  • Autumn 2023
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Mad March in Adelaide’s Parklands

Top seven benefits of booking with National Seniors Travel
  • Autumn 2023
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Top seven benefits of booking with National Seniors Travel

Enchanting Europe
  • Autumn 2023
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Enchanting Europe

Member messages: Autumn 2023
  • Autumn 2023
  • Messages for our members
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Member messages: Autumn 2023

Welcome - Autumn 2023
  • Autumn 2023
  • Messages for our members
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Welcome - Autumn 2023

The cost of caring
  • Autumn 2023
  • Research
  • Read Time: 5 mins

The cost of caring

Ask the experts: Autumn 2023
  • Autumn 2023
  • Ask the experts
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Ask the experts: Autumn 2023

Branch Out: Autumn 2023
  • Autumn 2023
  • Branch Out
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Branch Out: Autumn 2023

Making a lasting  impact for older  Australians
  • Autumn 2023
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Making a lasting impact for older Australians

Federal Budget 2023 preview
  • Autumn 2023
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 7 mins

Federal Budget 2023 preview

Autumn 2023 health and wellness tips
  • Autumn 2023
  • Health and wellness
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Autumn 2023 health and wellness tips

Making a fresh start
  • Autumn 2023
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Making a fresh start

Celebrating culture through cuisine
  • Autumn 2023
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Celebrating culture through cuisine

Time for an encore
  • Autumn 2023
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Time for an encore

Who cares?
  • Autumn 2023
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Who cares?

Changing rules around the dinner table
  • Autumn 2023
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 7 mins

Changing rules around the dinner table

A vault for all your passwords
  • Autumn 2023
  • Technology
  • Read Time: 4 mins

A vault for all your passwords

Have you registered your medical alarm with nbn yet?
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Have you registered your medical alarm with nbn yet?

Berry tiramisu
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Berry tiramisu

Lamb and za’atar kebabs
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Lamb and za’atar kebabs

Blinis with smoked salmon
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Blinis with smoked salmon

Last-minute Christmas cake
  • Member Matters
  • Recipes

Last-minute Christmas cake

Prawn cocktail with zucchini and mint salad
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Prawn cocktail with zucchini and mint salad

Electric love
  • Summer 2022
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Electric love

Five minutes with Peter Wegner
  • Summer 2022
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Five minutes with Peter Wegner

Rodeo queen
  • Summer 2022
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Rodeo queen

The honour of a lifetime: extended interview
  • Summer 2022
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 5 mins

The honour of a lifetime: extended interview

What's on: Summer 2022/23
  • Summer 2022
  • What's on
  • Read Time: 3 mins

What's on: Summer 2022/23

Authentic Uluru
  • Summer 2022
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Authentic Uluru

Going solo: Navigating solo travel
  • Summer 2022
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Going solo: Navigating solo travel

A Mediterranean odyssey
  • Summer 2022
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

A Mediterranean odyssey

Member messages: Summer 2022
  • Summer 2022
  • Messages for our members
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Member messages: Summer 2022

New year, new challenges
  • Summer 2022
  • Messages for our members
  • Read Time: 3 mins

New year, new challenges

Ask the experts: Summer 2022
  • Summer 2022
  • Ask the experts
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Ask the experts: Summer 2022

Branch out: Summer 2022
  • Summer 2022
  • Branch Out
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Branch out: Summer 2022

Transitioning to renewables
  • Summer 2022
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 2 mins

Transitioning to renewables

Let Pensioners Work campaign update
  • Summer 2022
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Let Pensioners Work campaign update

What the 2022 Federal Budget means for you
  • Summer 2022
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 3 mins

What the 2022 Federal Budget means for you

Before you get in the water, know how to swim
  • Summer 2022
  • Health and wellness
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Before you get in the water, know how to swim

Summer 2022 health and wellness tips
  • Summer 2022
  • Health and wellness
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Summer 2022 health and wellness tips

Stan's story
  • Summer 2022
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Stan's story

A Queen for the ages
  • Summer 2022
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 5 mins

A Queen for the ages

Eat, drink and be merry
  • Summer 2022
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Eat, drink and be merry

Dive in: The evolution of the great Aussie pool
  • Summer 2022
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Dive in: The evolution of the great Aussie pool

Tracing your heritage- good or bad?
  • Summer 2022
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Tracing your heritage- good or bad?

Taking the mystery out of the cloud
  • Summer 2022
  • Technology
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Taking the mystery out of the cloud

Celebrating 15 years of National Seniors research
  • Member Matters
  • Latest news
  • Read Time: 7 mins

Celebrating 15 years of National Seniors research

Save on a new phone with Konec Mobile
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Save on a new phone with Konec Mobile

Keep your mind sharp and spirits high
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Keep your mind sharp and spirits high

You’re never too old to hit the big time
  • Member Matters
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 5 mins

You’re never too old to hit the big time

Green pasta with pangrattato
  • Spring 2022
  • Recipes
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Green pasta with pangrattato

Cracking into chiropractic: A lifetime journey
  • Spring 2022
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Cracking into chiropractic: A lifetime journey

What's on: Spring 2022
  • Spring 2022
  • What's on
  • Read Time: 3 mins

What's on: Spring 2022

Tips for saving on essentials
  • Spring 2022
  • Finance
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Tips for saving on essentials

How an agent can help you navigate post-COVID travel
  • Spring 2022
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

How an agent can help you navigate post-COVID travel

Magical Hahndorf Christkindlmarkt
  • Spring 2022
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Magical Hahndorf Christkindlmarkt

Bellissima! The great Italian cities
  • Spring 2022
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Bellissima! The great Italian cities

Escape to Alaska
  • Spring 2022
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Escape to Alaska

Turning your opinions into social change
  • Spring 2022
  • Research
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Turning your opinions into social change

Ask the experts: Spring 2022
  • Spring 2022
  • Ask the experts
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Ask the experts: Spring 2022

Branch out: Spring 2022
  • Spring 2022
  • Branch Out
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Branch out: Spring 2022

Home care transformation
  • Spring 2022
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Home care transformation

National Seniors needs you!
  • Spring 2022
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 5 mins

National Seniors needs you!

Downsizing to a better life
  • Spring 2022
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Downsizing to a better life

Living with Dementia: What you need to know
  • Spring 2022
  • Health and wellness
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Living with Dementia: What you need to know

Health and Wellness: Spring 2022
  • Spring 2022
  • Health and wellness
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Health and Wellness: Spring 2022

Troubleshooting your relationships
  • Spring 2022
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Troubleshooting your relationships

An afternoon with Ita
  • Spring 2022
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 4 mins

An afternoon with Ita

How much is that doggy in the window?
  • Spring 2022
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 5 mins

How much is that doggy in the window?

Life of Bryan
  • Spring 2022
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Life of Bryan

What to do when your social media gets hacked
  • Spring 2022
  • Technology
  • Read Time: 5 mins

What to do when your social media gets hacked

Member messages: Spring 2022
  • Spring 2022
  • Member Messages
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Member messages: Spring 2022

Batten down the hatches
  • Spring 2022
  • Messages for our members
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Batten down the hatches

Chicken biryani
  • Member Matters
  • Recipes

Chicken biryani

Living your best life in retirement
  • Winter 2023
  • Health and wellness
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Living your best life in retirement

Honey jumbles
  • Winter 2022
  • Recipes
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Honey jumbles

Spiced lamb sausage rolls
  • Winter 2022
  • Recipes
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Spiced lamb sausage rolls

Children of the war
  • Winter 2022
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Children of the war

A lifetime on stage
  • Winter 2022
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 5 mins

A lifetime on stage

Leading the charge
  • Winter 2022
  • Member story
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Leading the charge

What's on: Winter 2022
  • Winter 2022
  • What's on
  • Read Time: 3 mins

What's on: Winter 2022

Getting a loan as a senior
  • Winter 2022
  • Finance
  • Read Time: 6 mins

Getting a loan as a senior

Grooving into Parkes Elvis Festival
  • Winter 2022
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Grooving into Parkes Elvis Festival

Lose yourself in magical Vietnam
  • Winter 2022
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Lose yourself in magical Vietnam

Feast like royalty on the high seas
  • Winter 2022
  • The Adventurer
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Feast like royalty on the high seas

Member messages: Winter 2022
  • Winter 2022
  • Member Messages
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Member messages: Winter 2022

How do I plan for retirement?
  • Winter 2022
  • Partners
  • Read Time: 4 mins

How do I plan for retirement?

What’s next in retirement income?
  • Winter 2022
  • Partners
  • Read Time: 4 mins

What’s next in retirement income?

Change is on the horizon
  • Winter 2022
  • Messages for our members
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Change is on the horizon

Giving back: Are we volunteering more?
  • Autumn 2022
  • Research
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Giving back: Are we volunteering more?

Ask the experts: Winter 2022
  • Winter 2022
  • Ask the experts
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Ask the experts: Winter 2022

Helping you beat rising living costs
  • Winter 2022
  • Advocacy
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Helping you beat rising living costs

Sound sleep
  • Winter 2022
  • Health and wellness
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Sound sleep

Health and Wellness: Winter 2022
  • Winter 2022
  • Health and wellness
  • Read Time: 3 mins

Health and Wellness: Winter 2022

Where will you call home?
  • Winter 2022
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Where will you call home?

Outsmarting the scammers
  • Winter 2022
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 5 mins

Outsmarting the scammers

Lifting the curtain on the Opera House’s past
  • Winter 2022
  • Feature
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Lifting the curtain on the Opera House’s past

Overcoming ‘gymtimidation’
  • Winter 2022
  • Lifestyle
  • Read Time: 4 mins

Overcoming ‘gymtimidation’

How smart is your home?
  • Winter 2022
  • Technology
  • Read Time: 5 mins

How smart is your home?

nbn Medical Alarm Register set to close in June
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It’s never too late to make new friends
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Hollywood stars who keep on shining
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How eGift cards can stretch your dollar
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Are you ready for the decluttering challenge?
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Joining a pub quiz is no trivial pursuit
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Joining a pub quiz is no trivial pursuit

The Federal Budget delivers relief but not reform
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The Federal Budget delivers relief but not reform

The importance of testing your ears every year
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Traditional shortbread
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Banana Cake
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Banana Cake

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Orange and honey melt-and-mix cake recipe
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Salmon quiche recipe
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For the love of dance
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Women at work
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5 minutes with John Austin
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What's on - Autumn 2022
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How to make money off assets you already own
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Spitsbergen meets Polar Bears: An Arctic adventure
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Into the wilderness
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Member messages: Winter 2022
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Separation and super: Seven things to do
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Welcome to the Autumn 2022 edition of Our Generation
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Welcome to the Autumn 2022 edition of Our Generation

Ask the experts - Autumn 2022
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Branch out - Autumn 2022
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Government home equity win for seniors
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Government home equity win for seniors

Let pensioners work and pay tax
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Let pensioners work and pay tax

Feeling flat? Get your energy back, and keep it
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Feeling flat? Get your energy back, and keep it

A helping hand for new Australians
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A helping hand for new Australians

Leah's take on Lawson
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Leah's take on Lawson

On the road again
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On the road again

Waste not, want not
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Waste not, want not

Help at your fingertips: wearable alert technology
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Help at your fingertips: wearable alert technology

Honouring a fallen mate
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Honouring a fallen mate

Refire, not retire: The Kokoda Track’s oldest hiker
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Refire, not retire: The Kokoda Track’s oldest hiker

5 minutes with Jan Saunders
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What's on - Summer 2021/22
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Beautiful Ballarat: Where old meets new
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Beautiful Ballarat: Where old meets new

Member messages - Summer 2021
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Member messages - Summer 2021

Welcome to the Summer 2021 edition of Our Generation
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Welcome to the Summer 2021 edition of Our Generation

Aged care reform update
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Aged care reform update

Winning isn’t everything, but it sure helps!
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Chronic conditions: Australia’s ‘invisible diseases’
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Chronic conditions: Australia’s ‘invisible diseases’

Health & Wellness Summer 2021
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Only the lonely
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Only the lonely

Eat, drink and be Perry
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Eat, drink and be Perry

'Tis the season
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'Tis the season

How to work out when you’re worn out
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How to work out when you’re worn out

A beginner's guide to streaming services
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Face dementia now to improve life later
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Thanks but no thanks

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Super funds post strong gains
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Is your loyalty up for sale?
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Speaking up for better aged care
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The high cost of road accidents
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