Recent content by darylfoxcroft

It's not just that. It is also the relentless downward pressure on people's wages while CEO's and others at the top enjoy very generous salary increases. The pension, job seekers, etc have been kept artificially low to force people to work as long as possible. Regardless of whether or not they...

The problem is who do you vote for? While Labor did nothing for pensioners the LNP will do even less.

"Strong social safety net" and increases "need to be handled responsibly"? Who is the minister kidding? Absolutely out of touch. Everyone in Canberra should be made to live on the pension or jobseeker payment for six months. Without any assistance of any kind.

$3.10? Is that meant to be an early April Fools joke? Pathetic. Rents etc, are rising by ridiculous amounts. Homelessness is rising because people can not afford rent. Meanwhile the government gives pensioners who spent their lives working to support others get a "generous" $3.10 increase.

More police out on the roads might be a start. Too many are either in roadside van operating roadside speed cameras or standing on the side of the road holding handheld speed cameras. Yes, they catch lots of speeding drivers. But they also do not see tailgating drivers, or drivers weaving in and...

The Aged pensioners miss out again. Have to wait another 3 months. Even when you do get an increase it is pathetic. Last increase was $37.10 per fortnight. My next rent increase will be over $200 per fortnight. Reality is that the pension etc are kept unrealistically low to force people to keep...

The rent assistance is barely noticed considering how much rents are increasing. Just another example of how out of touch politcians are.

You are a self funded retiree and you dare to whinge you do not get anything? How lucky are you that you were able to save for retirement. That means you either earned enough to have enough super or were in business and made enough you could be self funded. Assuming people are "wasting money and...

It is ridiculous that an increae of "up to $41.50" is considered "generous" when rent increases alone have been significantly higher than that. That does not even consider the other increases in the cost of living. It just reinforces once again how out of touch the government is. Howevere they...

It shows how out of touch the politicians on both sides are. They will all say this is a generous increase while ignoring that costs are actually going up much higher than the official inflation rate. Meanwhile politicians retire on pensions far beyond what most working people willever see.

So the only "bonus" pensioners are getting is from going back to work? Rather discrimanatory against those who can no longer work or do not want to return to the workforce. It also ignores age discrimination against older workers. The government is only doing this so they avoid the issue of...

If this in a Woolies why was the staff member working in the check out area not paying attention to what she was doing?

TBH while energy relief is helpful doing smething about out of control rent increases would have been more helpful. Energy relief does nothing for those who have become homeless because they can nolonger afford the rent. Labor and the LNP contributed to this mess by prioritising the demands of...

Being directed to thier website is useless. It drects you to a chart with info relating to assets which actually does not tell people what they want to know. I live on the pension and dont own a home. I´m guessing my ´big boost´ will be around $20. Anyone who thinks that is a serious increase...