Hello dear Members!

I hope you're all well

As most of you know, the Seniors Discount Club is a growing online community for all Australians over the age of 60. We have been around for three years now and feel incredibly lucky to say we now have over 320,000 members!

With our online community growing, and with each and every one of you sharing some of your day-to-day struggles, we have decided to launch a few petitions. We believe with the number of members we have, there is potential for us, as a community, to hopefully inspire some change. We have just four petitions live at the moment, and we'd be more than happy to launch some more if there are any more topics you as a community feel passionate about. If you're interested in seeing the petitions we have live currently, you can see them below:

• Stop the transition to all self-serve checkouts: We think this one speaks for itself! For many of our members, their local supermarkets are quickly transitioning to fully self-served. We believe this is not only causing job losses, but makes the weekly shopping so much more challenging for Australians over 60... Not to mention, how fiddly and frustrating they can be to use! We are petitioning to keep traditional checkouts in our stores.
• Strengthen Aged Care Support, Funding, and Transparency: Sadly, I think I speak on behalf of most of our members when I say the current state of aged care in Australia is extremely concerning. We are petitioning to improve the quality of aged care provided to Australian seniors in facilities across the nation. At the end of the day, our population is ageing and if we continue to turn a blind eye to aged care support, Australians are in for a frightening future.
• Increase the Australian Aged Pension for a Better, Fairer Future: We hear every single day Australian news outlets discuss how Aussies are struggling with the current cost-of-living... But how about our pensioners trying to put food on their table, keep their lights and heating on, and pay for their medicine? The cost-of-living crisis is hitting Australian pensioners the hardest, and there is not enough being done about it.
• Protect the Right to Use Cash and Ensure Financial Inclusivity: Where do I begin?! Without cash, so many Australians suffer. Not every Australian has access to digital payment methods and banking and removing cash, and bank branches is making anything to do with money so much more challenging for Australian seniors. Cash should be kept alive for all Australians.

We know these four topics are just scraping the surface so if there is anything else you'd like us to put a petition together for, please let us know in the comments below.

As with all petitions, the more signatures we get on these, the louder we become! So please share this with all of your family and friends, whether they are a member of the Seniors Discount Club or not! The number of supporters in the top right corner of each petition will be manually updated by our team as often as we can, but our goal is to get 100,000 signatures on every petition!

I cannot thank you all enough for your ongoing support of us and our community. We appreciate each and every one of you!

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Have a great day!
Maddie

 

[moscio]

totally agree.

 

[Luckyus]

At you local shops, markets, etc. flatly refuse to pay by any way than cash.

 

[dogs2016]

I think the government needs a revolution from us oldies,Dont worry about the young ones they can take care of themselves. For example recently finished breast cancer treatment.No bloody help from government as didnt fill in the form required in 6 weeks. Still recovering from shock diagnosis.Also agree about self service .I have been in tears trying to juggle everything and almost often fainted after chemo treatments.also no taxi vouchers so would take me 2 hours to catch 2 buses to go 10 ks after chemo FED UP

 

[Skydiver]

I own an investment property which Centrelink has just revalued upwards by $50,000. It doesn't affect anything as far as my income goes: I don't get more rent, still pay the same interest on my mortgage, so no affect on my income EXCEPT Centrelink has reduced my fortnightly pension by $40 AND the same for my husband. So we are worse off by $80 a fortnight!

 

[rustycu]

Hi there, I would like to see data monthly charges by the telco's give all pensioners better discounts, They seem to be going up each year by twice the the cost of our pensions going up ! These days the governments expect us to head any new law what it might be, VOTING etc. US as pensioners need help . (AGREE OR NOT ? ) CHEERS . rusty cu.

 

[Best Senior]

All of the topics concerning Seniors is is a marvelolus idea.

 

[Rosi Gordon]

Won't sign for anything as you get continually harassed by emails and extremely annoying phone calls both day and night. I have been abused for saying that I wasn't interested and was told I had signed to participate. Partitions will not change anything when companies have already decided to move in a certain direction.

 

[Singomate]

Has SDC received any feed back from these petitions or have they not been lodged yet???

 

[ChrisM]

All signed = all worthy of being heard!!

 

[Dee3141]

Yes to the preserving checkout petition.

 

[Hrynpa]

I still want face to face at the Checkouts

 

[Dory 23]

How do I sign these petitions. I wish to sign all four. Regards.

 

[Jethrotull]

Come on members, get off your backsides and sign each petition!! Stop complaining from your lounge chairs and sign up.. It will show our Pollies, that seniors have an opinion and a united voice!!! Thanks in advance..

 

[Nanna Tracey]

HAve you heard of the unfair view tax that residents all over the Gold Coast have to pay if they live above the 5th floor? The new VIEW TAX puts our rates up between 10 and 40% per year. They equates for some people and extra $8.50+ per week. Most of these people are pensioners!

 

[Slicka]

I totally agree with these comments and add my vote of support.

 

[nanachris]

Every time I entered my full name to sign the 3 survey it wouldn't accept it and came up red.

 

[MickyMouse24]

Why do these petitions need our age? NOT SIGNING.

 

[Nanna T]

I have signed all 4 , not flippantly but because I agree % that all 4 need attention by the Honorable Mark Butler .
FYI ... Butler is my Maternal Families Surname ....just saying !
Not sure if Mark is lucky enough to be related to me , however Grandad was one of 10 or 11 so very good chance he is. Especially if Marks family ancestry hales from Toowoomba , QLD , Australia

 

[Nanna T]

Every time I entered my full name to sign the 3 survey it wouldn't accept it and came up red.

I didn't type my entire middle name just the initial A .
Mine went through so maybe try that.
Check it's exactly as you've lodged with the AEC for voting perhaps ?
Good luck

 

[mustang]

I have signed all four petitions