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Getting in your Zone of Life

17/11/2018

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Whenever former Prime Minister Paul Keating is in the news then I listen or read about what he has to say because I will be eternally grateful for the superannuation scheme he created and introduced.
 
His latest comments on the Grattan Institute Report suggested scrapping plans to raise compulsory super payments from 9.5 per cent to 12 percent and raising the retirement age to 70 are interesting.
 
Mr Keating suggested that Grattan Institute’s Chief Executive John Daley had a "miserable view" of the world.
 

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Move Baby Boomers to the Bush - Point of View

1/10/2018

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An ABC report last week spoke of the governments wish to move migrants to the bush using some of the same material BONZA has been bleating about for 20 years (read the Intergenerational Reports on BONZA web site- very interesting planning research for our futures)

"The Federal Government's populist ploy to appear to be relieving Australian capital cities of their growing pains by forcing migrants to live in country towns is the wrong solution.

The migrants we are talking about are the skilled migrants that are needed to balance the increasing number of retirees leaving the work force.

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Boomer Dental Treatment

1/6/2013

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​All of you who read this and are over 50 will realise that your teeth are a problem in some way. Some may have already lost them all but most will just have an expensive treatment plan worked out with their dentist.

I am an advocate for government assistance here for Boomers as bad teeth will wreck your health and I have met Boomers who have all sorts of body pain and infections that they don’t realise are caused by their teeth.

The exorbitant cost of having your teeth fixed in Australia means that many of us leave it until the last moment when the pain is no longer bearable to have our teeth fixed and therefore probably have related health problems because of it

Indeed, many of us won’t go to the dentist because of a fear we have for the dental chair and childhood memories of the pain that is associated with it. 

My teeth in general were deteriorating and...


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