
Gauri Kashelkar could not be more grateful that Devdatta, her barely two-week old boy, was born in Sydney. Mrs Kashelkar is from India and she and her husband, Peter, moved to Australia around three years ago.
From July 1 next year, retirees will be able to sell their family home and downsize with up to $200,000 of the sale proceeds quarantined from the means test for the age pension.
In last week's budget, the government missed what will probably be its last opportunity to make the superannuation system fairer and more sustainable.
The children born at the turn of the century are switched on like never before, writes Rachel Browne.
