16 September 2025.
Changes in Australian Aged Pension Rates between 2016/2017 and 2025/2026.
The Australian Age Pension is available to seniors whose income is considered low. It is increased every 6 months, in March and September.
These are the rate changes since March 2016.
Coalition Leader Peter Dutton will unveil a plan to allow first-time buyers of newly built homes to be able to deduct mortgage payments from income taxes if he is elected on 3 May 2025.
The policy would mean a family on average incomes would be
… Read the restIn the lead up to the 2025 Federal Election, Anthony Albanese has announced a $2.3 billion investment that would slash the cost of household batteries by 30 per cent as part of a combined cost of living and climate change action pitch to voters.
At … Read the rest
Budget 2025.
Help to Buy shared equity scheme.
The Labor government will invest a further $800 million into its Help to Buy shared equity scheme to expand the program, now set to cost $6.3 billion.
This will allow those earning between $90,000 to $100,000 per year to be eligible. ($120,000 … Read the rest
Many unofficial websites and social media accounts are sharing false information about bonus Centrelink payments offering varying amounts of money, including $750, $1,800 and $4,100.
Centrelink state “These payments don’t exist.”
These often write about new ‘one off payment’, ‘Centrelink cash relief payment’ or ‘bonus payment’ … Read the rest
77.3% of all visits to general practitioners were bulk billed in October 2024.
In 2023-24, the proportion of general practitioners patients, who were never bulk billed was 13.6%.
79.0% of all visits to general practitioners were bulk billed in May 2024, an increase from the 75.6% in October 2023.
77.7% of all visits to general practitioners were bulk billed in March 2024.
82.2% in New South Wales.
78.5% in Victoria.
76.1% in Queensland.
75.5% Northern Territory.
74.4% South Australia.
71.3% Tasmania.
70.4% Western Australia.
52.7% Australian Capital Territory.
A change to the working hours rules, for eligibility to get the Carer Payment, will change in March 2025.
The current rules include:
Maximum of 25 working hours each week.
Centrelink customers with assets over $686,250, may be entitled to claim a changed asset limit by Pre-paying for their funeral.
This could save them up to $780 per year, based on paying $10,000 as a prepaid funeral plan.
This payment would reduce their assessable assets for the … Read the rest
