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25 November 2020
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Cashless Welfare Card: Here are the facts
25 November 2020
A spokesperson for the Minister for Social Services has said there is "no plan" to force Age Pensioners onto the cashless debit card and that "any organisation spreading information to the contrary is simply fearmongering". The facts say different, and just so that you are absolutely clear, CPSA is not fearmongering.
Out and About vouchers, are you going to miss out?
25 November 2020
The NSW Budget promised one hundred dollars' worth of vouchers on your smart phone to spend at hospitality venues, but it seems the Minister for Customer Services has not yet worked out how to give these vouchers to people who haven't got a smart phone.
Stamp duty or property tax, you choose
25 November 2020
The NSW Treasurer thinks he has found a painless way of replacing stamp duty with a land tax. Here's how it works and a few pitfalls for pensioners.
Regional Seniors Travel Card: correction
24 November 2020
The NSW 2020-21 Budget papers seemed to suggest that the Government was adding another year to the Regional Seniors Travel Card program. On inquiry, this was confirmed by NSW Treasury, but this confirmation has turned out to be incorrect.
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18 November 2020
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NSW Budget 2020-21: the thumbs up and the thumbs down
18 November 2020
The NSW COVID-19 Budget brings a lot less social housing to the state than needed, but there are some good things as well.
COVID-19: Smart phone confusion
18 November 2020
The NSW Customer Services Minister put out a media release on QR codes which said that effectively smart phones would be mandatory if you wanted to go for a coffee somewhere. When that was reported, the media release changed!
Are you living in energy poverty?
18 November 2020
The University of Technology is doing research on how Age Pensioners cope with energy costs and is asking age pensioners to make themselves available for interview.
Pensioners respond to the 2020-21 NSW Budget
17 November 2020
The NSW COVID-19 Budget brings a lot less social housing to the state than needed, but there are some good things as well.
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11 November 2020
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Pension indexation next time round: what will happen?
11 November 2020
Will the pension go up in March next year or won't it? Difficult to say, but looking at inflation and cost-of-living numbers for the September 2020 quarter, it might.
IMF: Tax cuts for workers, hikes for pensioners
11 November 2020
Would it be it right for the Australian Government to be fast tracking personal income and corporate tax cuts costing $50 billion while increasing GST and introducing land tax for all? Yes, says the International Monetary Fund.
Can you insure yourself against death?
11 November 2020
Insurance is for unlikely or rare mishaps, and insurance companies make money because most people who insure themselves will never claim. But everyone will need a funeral eventually, so how can funeral insurance be big business in Australia?
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4 November 2020
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Medical Cost Finder “put on ice”: COVID-19
4 November 2020
COVID-19 is fast developing into the new the-dog-ate-my-homework excuse. Even the Department of Health's Medical Cost Finder website has succumbed to the a virus that is a procrastinator's dream.
NSW Regional Seniors Transport Card: What’s regional and what’s not?
4 November 2020
The NSW Regional Seniors Transport Card is worth $250 a year but you have to live regionally. The NSW Government's approach compared with the Australian Bureau of Statics' approach to what constitutes 'regional' produces some interesting results.
Aged care: when being a protected person means you can be evicted
4 November 2020
Informal carers of people moving into a nursing home can keep living in their house as a "protected person", but just how protected is protected?
How aged care needs to change: It will be written
28 October 2020
Counsel Assisting the Aged Care Royal Commission have made their final submissions, making a raft of recommendations that would bring aged care in Australia up to scratch if implemented. Full implementation rather than watered-down implementation will be the next battle-ground for aged care advocates.
Cashless Welfare Card: you too could be on it soon
28 October 2020
Despite protestations that Age Pensioners will not be put on income management compulsorily, draft legislation before Parliament does exactly that. Age Pensioners in what is currently the Cape York trial area could soon find they have no option.