During the last 21 months the government has left thousands of pensioners significantly worse off — while reaping millions of dollars in savings from payments. New rules right the wrong, but nobody has held the government to account says Ava Hubble.
Pension
Fighting for a fair deal from Centrelink
Dealing with Centrelink is a full-time job for someone applying for a Disability Support Pension, getting punted from payment to payment, filling out forms and going to pointless reviews and assessments, writes an anonymous disability carer.
Tony Abbott: lift pension age to 70
Spruiking for Tony Abbott’s book (out today!) continues. Papers note his idea to push up the pension age to 70. Labor was suggesting an increase to 67 in 2032 at the time of the May Budget.
What does this mean in dollar terms? Revisit Crikey’s pension v dole guide.
Rudd’s Package III: Stimulate with a Vengeance
This might be the most difficult budget in decades, but at the moment, there’s no Opposition worthy of the name to pressure the Government.
Court of Human Rights’ shock decision on UK pensions
Over 500,000 elderly British expats, about half of them Australia-based, are reeling from the shock news that the European Court of Human Rights has rejected their claim that the UK’s long-standing frozen pensions policy is discriminatory, writes Ava Hubble.
Coalition continues pushing money to rich pensioners
A $30 rise is not enough for the really poor pensioners with no income and is too much for those well off pensioners that Peter Costello stuck on the public tit in his last couple of budgets, writes Eva Cox.
