General Seniors News

News AUSTRALIA’S wildlife had its world turned upside down with the recent bushfires, with many native animals requiring a helping hand and a safe place to recover from...

News SIXTY years ago, when women were expected to be homemakers and were excluded from joining service clubs, one man had a vision or a view.

News AFTER a long and distinguished media career, with a focus on mental health, women’s issues and older people, Val French (AM) passed away on March 12 at age 92, with her...

News FEWER trips to the supermarket for residents over 50 and making social distancing easier is the aim of a new free meal delivery service at GemLife Bribie Island...

News OVER 50 years, recently retired nurse Kathy Quirk has seen the landscape of the Atherton Tableland town of Herberton change ever so slowly as she watched the ebb and...

Health With self isolation in full force, many people are not as active as usual, which can have devastating effects on their physical and mental well being.

News ALMOST 30 years since he last pulled on a Maroons jersey, Wally Lewis is in a very good place.

News GOOD news. You don’t have to self-isolate or enact social distance from your home computer.

News ABOUT 6.5 million Australians will get a one off payment as part of the Government’s response to coronavirus (COVID-19).

News WONDERING how to explain COVID-19 to the grandchildren?

News AUSTRALIA’S most outstanding senior in 2020 is West Australian obstetrics specialist Professor John Newnham (AM).

News For 50 years playwright David Williamson has had his hand on the pulse of Australian society, crafting a plethora of memorable creative memories.

News JACKIE McLaughlin wonders if there are still women like her who came to Australia by ship at the end of World War II.

News WHO says romance is only for the young or that there is no such thing as kismet?

News A PAIR of boots are among objects chosen by this year’s 2020 Australian of the Year recipients for a national exhibition.

News MINISTER for Aged Care and Senior Australians Richard Colbeck has paid tribute to the 2020 Senior Australian of the Year.

News WHEN it comes to choosing a philanthropic project Reg Richardson (AM) looks to his “emotional quotient” to gauge what is the right one to support.

News The big news of 2019 has been the downward path of interest rates.

News Ravaged homes, distraught, displaced people and injured wildlife have been constant images recently reminding those fortunate to live out of danger about the plight of...

News THE days of coins clinking in our pockets could be numbered, with one in four Australians saying they don’t carry cash.