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    Skyrocketing call wait times and pension approvals at Centrelink infuriate Australians

    email address for CEO of Services Australia, then I can get some answers.
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    Skyrocketing call wait times and pension approvals at Centrelink infuriate Australians

    My son has been on the phone to Centrelink for the past 4 weeks, not a sole answers the phones, from 8.00 am to 4.00 pm Brisbane time, what else can he do? Has submitted all paperwork demanded by some email to his Gov Account, but not a human voice has answered his call or application. What is...
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    Poll: If you could influence one thing, what would you choose?

    Would like seniors to be employed with pension paid, as our counterparts in New Zealand, I have read somewhere on the internet world that pensioners are allowed to work as many hours they wished without losing their pension or entitlements.
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    Australia Post under fire for ‘lazy’ delivery attempt

    The delivery of a small parcel was to be delivered to me by the Toll group, (Friday morning) I had received notification that the parcel was on the way and then another notification to say there was a holdup. Then suddenly on the Monday morning another notification email was sent to say the...
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    Hero or hothead? Controversial move by tradie at Bunnings sparks debate on social media

    Some Bunnings stores in Brisbane area have covered car parks or under the building car parks which is what everyone wants, instead of a stinking hot interior of the vehicle. This is probably why some folk decided to use the Tradie entrance - because its all under cover :)
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    Can I receive the Age Pension while living overseas?

    I was advised by Services Australia, that if I were to travel to another country and stay abroad for more than 3 months, I would loose the entire pension. This seems unfair when I hear of this arrangement of being able to live in another country and still be paid basic pension which is more...
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    Movies and TV series recommendation

    Have been watching the TV series Vera on SBS on demand, there seems to be no case she can unravel, hope this series keeps going, otherwise I shall be watching re runs.
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    Australia post email scam

    Another Scam with the Australia Post logo, scam asking for money to be paid
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    Photo ID Required

    Photo ID Required As senior citizens and pensioners, Centrelink has our details.That is citizenship status, sex, address, banking details etc. Why then cannot we have our photo ID on the pension card or seniors card? Some pensioners will probably just rock up to the Dept of Transport to get an...
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