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    ‘Ludicrous and unfair’: Older workers speak out on retirement age changes

    Governments glibly talk of 70 being the new 50, I and most of my friends have worked our lives in hard physical jobs, telling us that we should work into our 70 is a bit pointless as most of them are now Dead!! or maybe that is the point.
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    New Minister for Ageing: What It Means for Older Australians’ Health, Care and Finances

    Maybe at 38 he will be motivated to get everything sorted for his retirement:):):)
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    Energy company admits misleading 400,000 Aussies, reveals impact on customers

    Carbon neutrality means having a balance between emitting carbon and absorbing carbon from the atmosphere in carbon sinks. So that's the dictionary definition as for the deposal of wind turbine blades etc I'm not sure but given that most of them have only recently been put up it's probably not...
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    Retiring But Not Relaxing: Australia’s Age Pension Maze

    Sherril If you have a community centre in your area get in touch with them, they often have people there that can assist you with this sort of thing
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    Retiring But Not Relaxing: Australia’s Age Pension Maze

    When I applied for the pension at 66.5 years old I applied 3 months in advance expecting it to take ages to process. I had a small amount of money saved and a financial advisor looking after it so I used him to assist in making the application we sat in his office with my laptop and made the...
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    Expat spots one Aussie product overseas! Is this the start of a global shift?

    Its NOT!!! Its stopping live exports Beef that is processed and exported earns us more Money than live exports as we get the profit from the value added processing.
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    Don't risk missing your flight! Here's the ID crackdown travellers are talking about

    Not a problem no one in there right mind would go to the States anyway, who wants to get chucked in prison for not praising Trump!!!
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    Promises, promises in election 2025: What major parties are offering older Australians

    Agreed my wife and I are on the pension we own our own home live a modest lifestyle and lack nothing, however we did prepare before retirement when the Abbot government made it clear that they had no interest in caring for the elderly and considered us a burden.
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    Proposed Medicare reforms spark discussions online. Can these proposals help Aussie seniors' healthcare concerns?

    There here in SA it seems, we are bulk billed for everything the only thing I will pay a gap for is the specialists and I make the decision as to whether I use them or not if they are to pricy I look elsewhere its surprising the price differences there are .
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    Your vote matters: Here are several reminders for the upcoming May polls

    The system is becoming more computerized as time goes by I worked on the first roll out of computer rolls in 2019 it was the best roll out of a computerized system I've ever experienced and I've done a lot in my career. the system will pick up if a person is trying to vote twice. It happened...
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    Trump’s latest move could change medicine prices—here’s what you need to know

    Heres a disturbing little chart I picked up the other day it comes from a reputable source and clearly states the differences between the US costs and the Aus costs and remember if you are a concession holder the price is even less.
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    Want to make extra cash before the election? These jobs are hiring right now!

    You're exactly the person they are looking for get on the AEC website and send in your application I'm sure they will contact you.
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    Want to make extra cash before the election? These jobs are hiring right now!

    I Have done it before and would highly recommend it to any that are able particularly prepoll. Unfortunately I am not physically able this time.
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    Prime Minister extends peace-making gesture to Trump amid rising tensions

    DONT INVITE IT send the orange puffball away MAKE AMERICA CO AWAY
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    Aussie government announces changes to the federal budget! How can seniors benefit from it?

    I will vote for them, the rent rise you had is left over pain caused by the previous Liberal Govt. Labor have been trying to clean up their disastrous mess for 3 years the deserve another 3 years to actually implement the improvements they wanted to do. Voting liberal is like voting Trump and...
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