Uncomfortable truths: The real cost of living in retirement

The more I write about retirement, the more I learn. And the more aware I become of what seems to be an alternate reality or parallel universe when it comes to how much money Australian retirees will actually need. On the one side is the rather chirpy spin which paints a vision of an ideal retirement, presumably available to most, underpinned by secure funding for life. Who wouldn’t want that? And then on the other side of the divide is …