Bina Brown joins a Starts at 60 team that keeps getting stronger

Starts at 60 has appointed respected financial journalist and aged care specialist Bina Brown as its newest Money at 60 columnist – and her arrival completes what has been a remarkable period of editorial growth for Australia’s most-read websites for over-60s.

Brown is a financial journalist with a long track record of writing for leading publications including the Australian Financial Review, The Australian and CNN.com, as well as respected websites including SuperGuide and UNSW Business Think. After writing about aged care for more than two decades, she established her own business, Third Age Matters, which focuses specifically on helping Australians navigate the aged care system.

That combination of journalistic rigour and real-world, on-the-ground experience makes her one of the most credible voices in Australia on the financial realities of ageing – and a natural fit for the Starts at 60 audience.

Her column will appear twice monthly and will cover retirement planning, aged care costs, superannuation, reverse mortgages and practical strategies to help readers make informed financial decisions in later life.

“With so many Australians facing big decisions around retirement and aged care, it’s more important than ever to have clear, practical information,” Brown said.

Her first column will appear tomorrow.

A team that has been growing

Brown joins a writing team that has expanded significantly over the past six months, as Starts at 60 has invested in specialist voices across every key area of the site.

Barry Dick — one of Queensland’s most celebrated sports journalists — joined the team earlier this year with a Saturday sports column. Dick spent 43 years at The Courier-Mail and Sunday Mail covering rugby league, AFL and more, serving as sports editor, rugby league editor and chief rugby league writer. He was inducted into the Queensland Media Hall of Fame in 2017.

Dr Kathryn Fox brings a genuinely unique perspective to health journalism. An Australian medical doctor and bestselling crime writer best known for her forensic thrillers featuring pathologist Dr Anya Crichton, Fox draws on deep medical expertise to write health columns that are authoritative, accessible and always grounded in clinical reality. Her columns appear every Tuesday and Saturday.

Paul Gover is one of Australia’s most respected voices in motoring media, with decades of experience covering the automotive industry at the highest level. He writes motoring news every Monday and answers reader questions in a dedicated Q&A column every Thursday.

Fiona Weir Walmsley is the author of From Scratch (Hardie Grant, 2022) and the farmer behind Buena Vista Farm. Her Tuesday food column brings a practical, seasonal, deeply knowledgeable approach to cooking from scratch – the kind of cooking that connects food to where it comes from and makes it genuinely enjoyable rather than stressful.

Emily Darlow is an avid royal watcher whose Wednesday column takes readers behind the scenes of royal life with the depth and detail that only a genuine enthusiast can provide.

Brian Crisp, former long-time Escape Editor, contributes travel writing twice weekly, bringing years of travel journalism experience and genuine passion for the places Starts at 60 readers love.

Also joining the team today is Scott Podmore, who steps into an editorial role bringing with him a career that spans award-winning newspaper editing, content creation and two bestselling books. A former editor-in-chief and Managing Director of October Grey Media, Podmore’s specialist areas include travel, food and wine, lifestyle, wellness and entertainment. His books – Icons of Australian Music: Jimmy Barnes and Conversations with Mediums – reflect a writer who is equally at home in music, culture and the more thought-provoking corners of human experience. He brings both editorial experience and genuine versatility to a team that now covers the full breadth of life over 60.

Together, they make up an editorial team that reflects exactly what Starts at 60 has always stood for: serious, trusted, specialist voices writing for an audience that knows the difference.