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Depends on which state you live in. Seniors Cards are provided by the State Govs, not the feds, and what you get depends on your state gov. They vary quite a lot!

The Age Pension gets the standard twice a year cost-of-living increase in March and September. That's what your September increase was. You get another one in March. Some pensions and allowances get their increases in Jan & June; others get them in March & September.

Morning Fresh is a wonder cleaner - works for far more than the dishes - stove tops, vinyl floors, paintwork if you have window-sills or old painted walls, cupboards etc, melamine benches & cupboard doors, all sorts! Beware of some "creme" cleaners - rub a bit between your fingers, and discover...

Tupperware containers are good for this - if you don't have any suitable, you can often pick them up at Op Shops, or on 2nd-hand sales sites. They used to have cake plates which had handles for carrying - meant to be used with the "plate"bit on the bottom, but if you turn them upside down, they...

Cover the container in which you do the veggies! Either use a lid with holes for steam escape, or sit a cover bigger than the vege container over the top. Been doing frozen veg for years, in at least 4 different microwaves - never had a problem!

It would be a good idea if you stopped talking as if the standard September rise in Pensions for CoI increases was something special or new! The September and March increases have been standard for many years - I have been initially on DSP, since 2002, & then was summarily transferred to Age...

I think companies should make much better efforts to not even use these products in the first place! But another problem has been that Councils and other organisations who use/buy things made from recycled plastics are not ordering them! If the people who should be buying this stuff, like...

The Age Pension has been increased in March and September, according to rises in the CPI, for many years, already. the larger than usual increase last September was only because the CPI had also gone up by a larger than what has recently been the usual amount. What needs to increase is the basic...

NDIS is not available to those over 65. The former government probably thought if you prayed hard enough, you'd get a miracle cure, and suddenly become no longer disabled on your 65th birthday ... Your mother probably has a Home Care Package via MyAgedCare - these also cover some of the things...