While many of us long for leisurely days playing golf and gardening, or perhaps travelling the world, the reality of retirement presents many challenges for older Australians. Making your savings last a lifetime is a tricky proposition, and both spending too much, and too little, during this stage of life can hugely affect the quality of your post working life.

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After the huge popularity of his recent appearance on this podcast in Busting the $1million Retirement Myth, nab’s Head of Retirement Brian Long is back to answer your most asked question: how much can I afford to spend in retirement?

Gemma Dale interviews Brian on such thorny issues as:

what the average Australian really spends now in retirement

the three stages of retirement expenses, and how they may affect you,

what risks can derail your retirement savings and how to plan around them, and

what you can do to improve your prospects if you’d like a more aspirational lifestyle.

 

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