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This is just an indexation increase to keep pensioners up with inflation so it is not a real increase at all. And since it is a percentage increase each member of a couple continues to fall further behind what a single pensioner receives. The gap is now huge and way beyond what may be...

Try writing an Email to the Minister Bill Shorten with your questions. I did a while back and about a week after received a meaningful response and shortly after that the matter got settled. I was pleasantly surprised.

What quarterly indexation?

The problem with all these pay rises, be it wages, pensions or something else is that they are all percentage based. That means the gap between the haves and have nots grows bigger each time. It needs to change to become a flat increase for all instead of a tiny one for struggling pensioners and...

The LNP has been terrible for Australia as they only look after their big multinational donors not the Australian people. The ALP has moved that way too but not as far as the LNP has.

"Furthermore, a range of welfare payments, including pensions, will see an increase through quarterly indexation, which could provide relief against inflation." Says the article. Could the author please list which payments have quarterly indexation as I am not aware of any.

This supplement is a regular annual payment. It is not something new. And it has never been indexed so has lost some value over the years. Why is this article saying it is some new form of relief?

All I have to say is thank goodness for our local Centrelink office where we can go and see friendly staff who do their best to sort out all the problems that occur in their system. Their online service is useless for sorting out problems and their telephone service is either non-existent or too...

We did a $440 shop at Woolies on Saturday morning. Used our 10% off to reduce that to $396 and also collected 1,200 points because of bonus points on some products. Half of what we bought were specials and loaded up on one half price special that has a long life. Like everyone else I am unhappy...

Coal generated electricity is expensive electricity.

That probably depends on which state you live in. Here in Queensland we get a pension discount on top of all the other rebates. In our case over the next 12 months we will get about $1,600 in rebate credits plus our roof top solar system credits. Also the feed-in tariff for our solar power has...

Agree the coal royalties are still far too low but the LNP would make them even lower as they only care about multinational profits not the Australian people. I doubt that many people, if any at all, would switch providers just to cash out this subsidy. As I have solar this subsidy will take my...

It's a very good move by the Qld government and will be welcomed by the community. Just as well they increased the coal royalties to pay for it, a move opposed by the LNP who prefer all the coal profits going into the pockets of their multinational backers.

Two big non-issues. Who cares.

Most adverts on Facebook are scams. Never click on any Facebook advert.

These scams are fairly easy to pick. I respond to them sometimes with a short message using a couple of choice words.

I almost stopped using cash several years ago, but a few transactions will always need to be in cash. Garage sales are one example. Pocket money for young children another. Also there is the problem of technical failure with electronic payments as I am sure we have all experienced from time to...

I have just walked in to our Centrelink office in Innisfail a few times and have never waited more than 15 minutes to be attended to. Staff are always friendly and helpful. It's the system they work in that is the problem not the staff.

I should add that I have sent this information with names to our local member Bob Katter and to Minister Shorten. Bob already hates Centrelink as his office deals with endless complaints about them. Let's see if Shorten helps, but I will not be holding my breath.

Our local Centrelink office is great too. Friendly staff who try to help and wait time is usually about 15 minutes. But the system they are working in is pathetic and even the staff have told me that it's full of errors and delays.