Nick Bruining discusses strategies for people nearing retirement who may seek eligibility for the Age Pension through Centrelink. The articles say that qualifying to claim a part-age pension can make a taxpayer fully exempt from a proposed change described as a new minimum 30% tax on capital gains (CGT). The guidance focuses on potential steps to obtain part-age pension status, presenting this as a way to reduce the CGT impact when assets are sold. While the sources frame the approach as “hacks” and emphasise easing the CGT “blow,” both accounts center on the link between pension eligibility and the CGT treatment described in the articles. The coverage highlights the role of Centrelink in determining eligibility and implies that timing and eligibility may matter for how CGT is calculated. Both sources attribute the discussion to the same commentator and present the same core claim: that part-age pension eligibility can be associated with a CGT exemption under the described policy change.