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Gavin Reed
How about they get with the program and start catching up on all those apps that are just sitting there gathering dust?
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David Jackson
After 50 years of work and paying taxes, I now survive on a small pension and had to give up some luxuries to make ends meet.
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Wayne Lamb
Question... when did it become the job of bloody taxpayers to fork out for bludgers who don't pay tax so they can live it up just like us hard-working battlers?
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Craig Mitchell
Half of Aussies get some kind of centrelink payment.
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Alan Ralph
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Will Morris
Cool headline! Not much of a difference. This happens every year no matter who's in charge. Joshua Gordon
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Matt PetersMP
Matt Peters
Increase age and disability pensions to offset inflation, while decreasing job seeker payments to encourage work participation.
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James JenkinsJJ
James Jenkins
Pensioners and people with disabilities, especially those who are married, still struggle to make ends meet with the small increase in funds.
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Nick Foley
One more time!
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Matt RobinsonMR
Matt Robinson
Come on, how do they think people can actually survive like this?!
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Aaron Thomson
You're working a really awesome job.
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David Hook
So the deal with rent assistance is they bumped it up a bit, but they also raised the minimum you gotta shell out before you can start seeing any of that extra cash. So basically, in September and next week, rent assistance is actually lower, not higher.
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Petar Didulica
Indexation, it's like a secret handshake for both major parties! Billy Hughes
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Juan Miller
Thanks, but unfortunately that money is just gonna go towards a bump in my private health insurance. It is what it is, always gotta ride the ups and downs of life.
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Eric Williams
Does it really match inflation rates?
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Liam Hall
Hooray for higher benefits and taxes for the hard workers! It's like getting a pat on the back for not working! Living the dream... And no, I'm not on benefits, I just choose to work two jobs. Don't be mad when foreigners take the jobs - someone's gotta do it! Marcus Charlton
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Nick Samaras
Whoa, being on the DSP sucks. It's so embarrassing and I can't even work. These comments are making me feel like crap.
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Barry ParkerBP
Barry Parker
I mean, come on! I reckon it's peanuts. Us Kiwis down here in New Zealand are gonna be rolling in the dough soon with our pensions. And honestly, as long as you're not living in a hectic city, our pension is more than enough to live your best life.
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Patrick Anderson
Yay, I have an extra $6 a week! Not sure how to spend it with all my other expenses going up.
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Gary Thompson
For real, just give me 20 bucks so I can get some bread and milk, please.
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Brandon ColemanBC
Brandon Coleman
Wow, can you believe it?! Rent is skyrocketing and yet politicians are getting massive pay rises while pensioners are struggling to make ends meet. If we paid politicians based on how well they actually did their jobs, they'd be getting less than the average pensioner. It's a joke that people who ha... View More
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Carol MartinCM
Carol Martin
Can you believe working for 50+ years and still needing the government's help just to get some milk?
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Ben Jeffrey
People who hustled their whole life deserve that pension. But for the rest, it's just a little somethin' to hold 'em over till they find a job. There's plenty of jobs out there. Maybe folks should have to pass a drug and alcohol test to get that taxpayer cash.
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Jason Bowers
What do I need to get Centrelink benefits? I'm exhausted from working so much.
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Darren Riggs
My rent is going up now.
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Joseph Clark
I hope it's a big one since we gotta take care of folks who don't have jobs.
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David Viney
Don't get your knickers in a twist!
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Alex Grozos
And for all the hardworking folks out there, you ain't gonna see any difference in your paycheck from the tiny tax break for those lazyass dole bludgers. Addison Robinson
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James Lopez
So that's what big means!
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Scott Cox
If all the fakers out there actually had jobs, the real unemployed folks might have an easier time getting the help they need from Centrelink. We need another round of busting the phonies - last time was a hoot with so many getting busted and sent to the slammer!
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