The following itemises the updates applied to Advice Designer's native Education Flyers and Strategy text library.
⚠️Note: These changes will not take effect within custom education flyers or strategies created within Organisations, Licensees or Workspaces.
Strategy Flyers
Commence a Home Care Package - now renamed “Commence a Support at Home Program.” (Note: As of 1 Nov 2025, the Support at Home program replaces the Home Care Packages and Short-Term Restorative Care programs.)
Updated references to “Home Care Package” to “Support at Home,” and added the lifetime contribution cap of $135,318.69 within 'Things you should know' section
Enter Aged Care Facility & Restructure your Finances - Aged care MPIR interest rate changed from 7.78% to 7.65%.
Removal of bracketed text (“previously known as level/stepped”) from the variable and variable age-stepped premium points in the 'Things You Should Know' section for the following insurance strategies:
Adjust your personal insurance cover
Establish your Risk Protection Plan
Apply for Life & Total and Permanent Disablement (TPD) Insurance
Apply for Life Insurance
Apply for Total and Permanent Disablement (TPD) Insurance
Apply for Trauma Insurance
Apply for Income Protection Insurance
Apply for Accidental Life Insurance
Apply for Business Expense Insurance
Apply for Business Protection Insurance (Key Person) - Debt
Apply for Business Protection Insurance (Key Person) - Revenue
Additional dot point detailing applicable retirement bonuses offered by industry super funds for the following strategies within the Things You Should Know section:
Commence an Account-Based Pension
Commence an Annuity Income Stream (Super money)
Commence a Transition to Retirement Income Stream with salary sacrifice
Commence a Transition to Retirement Income Stream
Consolidate Super into your Self-Managed Super Fund
Consolidate your Super Funds
Rollover your Super Fund/s
Education Flyers
Carer allowance - the carer allowance has been increased from $159.30 to $162.60 per fortnight.
Aged care - Updated references to “Home Care Package” to “Support at Home". Basic Daily Fee section, removal of outdated home care daily fee.
Family Tax Benefit - Family Tax Benefit Part A updated: the maximum rate now applies for adjusted taxable incomes up to $66,722, with payments reducing by 30¢ for each dollar over $118,771 until they are nil.
Carer payment - included a 14-day reference for reporting asset increases within the 'Things to Consider' section, and an additional point about DVA payments and Carer Payment eligibility.
Annuities - updated guaranteed period details for fixed-term annuities.
Downsizer contribution – minor wording changes and transfer balance cap details added under the "Things to think about" section.
DVA service pension - Additional information on the two main categories of financial support for veterans and the option to claim a Service Pension online via “MyService.”
Transition to Retirement Income - additional note on reversionary pensioners and a minor clarification regarding preservation age for setting up a TRIS.