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    New Centrelink bonus scheme to boost wallets by $4,000

    What they don’t tell you is that if you decide to work you need to pay tax on your pension as well as tax on your earnings. I ended up with a $4500 debt as a result of not being told this. The work bonus is a joke. How can they legally take tax on a pension which has been paid for by the taxes I...
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    Report reveals Centrelink payments ‘too low’ to cover basic living costs

    I am a 67 year old pensioner working part time to try to keep my head above water. The pension, I believe, is financed through the tax payments we have paid over a lifetime of working and is therefore tax free. BUT for those who decide to, or need to keep working, we are penalised by having to...
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