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Gotta start wondering what Centrelink deeming rates are on the interest earned now days? Also would start wondering how much tax the govt will take from these "interest bearing" accounts come end of financial year? Also starting to think I'd be withdrawing any savings & paying off a mortgage...

Thieves will prob try even harder to penetrate this one, coz they'd suspect something very worth stealing in there! Need harsher laws to protect victims (as a deterrent in the first place) would make more sense!

Desperate times, desperate measures! Thankfully good neighbour (& police) was on to it, but I bet the mongrel would've got a bigger fine for a civil or driving offence (or national park misdemeanour like gathering firewood to keep warm, etc) than for terrifying or even harming his victims...

Magic word... es CHEAT!

Wills can be contested anyway, so once again the wrong ones get the handouts & free ride as is almost always the case :( If you work hard it seems you get all the grief, stress & poverty (& maybe health problems to boot, unless the karma bus swings by, which can be sweet to watch sometimes)!

Just another legal way govt rob us blind at every chance they get, why would estates be any different? (to all the taxes, levies, fees/service fees & charges/surcharges, bank account & mortgage fees/taxes stamp duties, admin charges, insurances (they get a cut from), gst, sales tax, land taxes...

Govt wont be happy until everyone except politicians & their big business wealthy cronies are homeless & have nothing left! They won't ever need 2nd jobs themselves & if they did the tax/ rules wouldn't apply to them anyway, they'd make sure of that!

Well said! System is pathetic & heartless politicians making the funding cuts & ridiculously harsh rules should be forced to forfeit their huge salaries to help out! NDIS has been a joke & not improving at all

And if you're not yet 67yo, don't forget the 5 year & other Centrelink deeming rules regarding bank account savings/interest & gifting, etc & what you can & can't do that can affect Clink payments! Highly recommend seeing a FISO (Financial Info Services Officer, they're free & anyone can make...

It stinks when genuine recipients hit hard times thru no fault of their own & Clink kicks them in the guts to top it all off (victims so often seem to be soft targets to big business & govt departments these days) Yet they can turn a blind eye on immigrants receiving payments & all the...

Joking right? unfort the trust has gone, why trust what AGL & the likes tell us & especially why trust what the govt tells us? Both have already proved they can't be trusted at all as not much has changed after all the promises - we are all still getting ripped off from every angle from big...

Sharks everywhere in essential services, Optus isn't alone in this I bet! Rarely do we hear or experience errors in customer's favour & of course it would be acted on immediately if discovered, strange that! I'm sick of hearing about rogue banks, rogue power companies, rogue insurance...

Yes indeed! I heard on the radio today that the people in Casterton (Vic) who were affected by a massive hail storm 9 months ago, still haven't received assistance

About time! I'd rather my tax $ go here than housin (& supporting) the 500,000 immigrants per year Albo has been bringing in! People in my town been waiting 10yrs plus for govt housing but we see new immigrants getting priority & going straight into them without waiting- it's a disgrace!

Yep I might'v missed something, but I only saw best & worst, no in btwn

Plenty of sharks around these times, hard to avoid so many attacks on our wallets/finances from every angle! We're all bound to get caught by one or several at some stage unfort! Must say I'm pretty happy with Tango Energy (in Vic) at the moment, but always need to be vigilant & ready to jump...

Easily ? Some of us do not find Clink easy to understand or even find required information, forms, etc- especially if we've never used Clink or haven't needed it since computers took over the world

Yes indeed! Who knows what the govt will do next to cut us down so they can splurge on their $600k pa salaries & perks!

So much info thanks, but when we work it's hard to find time or energy for things like filling out confusing Clink forms, etc only to keep getting ignored by Clink or rejected when you struggle to understand or are not allowed to answer all questions as per their mould (ie now days you cant...

Love this lol! Agree wholeheartedly too I might add!