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The British government does everything in the name of the king or Queen but that does not mean they actually have a say. They sign what's put in front of them, even the speeches to parliament. If you watched the expressions on the queen's face when reading some of these speeches you would know...

So long as you don't mind others treading on yours.

Three times I have experienced "the other side". The first when very ill at three years of age, I remember being in a place that felt so calm and walked toward a small raised area happily but before I reached it was told to return. When I did my, family around the bed, were all weeping. I was...

You may think so, but he did actually give age pensioners a boost, and more than once. His problem was he tried to do everything himself, been there done that, so those under him got shirty instead of approaching him sensibly and explaining in a non-aggresive manner that they were feeling left...

The only boost is for politicians - they think. We know better. No way can $4.60 per fortnight be called a boost. They obviously think we are stupid, or the public is, perhaps they are because I heard one man tell another that what we pensioners get per fortnight, was weekly. I relieved them of...

It is not a quarterly rise, it's twice yearly. No wonder people keep thinking we get heaps when it's a pittance. The last time we get out a decent rise was when Rudd was PM. The Covid handouts cannot be counted because use it was across the board.

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Oh. My God. That is so cruel, no wonder you were in tears. My daughter had a dreadful time when her 4 month old son died from Sid's after we told them they claimed she was claiming benefit for a "daughter" she did not have. Many, many years ago I did a stint with Social Security, we had...

How many on the single pension have assets of $62,000+ left? When pensioners downsize the sell what they can and that is what is worth $$, leaving themselves with what they couldn't sell to just had to get rid of. Anything the still have has lost value unless it's small things that keep their...

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I've started of well again, two days no numbers. I'll get there one day 🤞

The Age Pension used to be a third of an average man's wage - then some smart a#$e decided to adapt it to inflation, which I recall meant it was cents per fortnight two years in a row, a move I believe was started by Howard, who then used what had not been spent on welfare as bribes of a one off...

Very true, I have had the same amount of UK pension since I had to claim it here, it would have risen if I could have left it for a few years but that's not allowed here, if you are eligible you must make the claim when you reach pension age here. I know of two women who reached UK pension age...

Yep, now they beat them to death.

It affects any payments you might get by working if it takes you over the allowed amount.

Can't see the point of bringing it up again now when the man is dead. I think he may have lost work after that interview. If it was someone doing it now I could understand letting it be known.

It definitely is deducted from the Aus pension. When I became eligible for the pension I was told to contact UK to see how much pension I would get from there. What we get from UK pension never changes except for the exchange rate here, so mine varies from when it started as Aud$400 per month...