Morrison Government's pension cuts headed for Senate

[bear]

Morrison Government's pension cuts headed for Senate

The Morrison Government rammed its cuts to the pension through the House of Representatives last night. The Morrison Government plans to cut the pension by scrapping the pension supplement for people who spend more than six weeks overseas, as well as increasing the residential requirement from 10 to 15 years.

These plans to cut the pension will disproportionately impact on hard working migrant pensioners who visit or care for relatives overseas while they are able.

This is a cut to migrant pensioners who have worked hard all their lives, paid their taxes and done the right thing.

The Prime Minister is moving the goal posts on pensioners.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison has been behind every single one of the Liberal’s cuts to the pension.

As the Minister for Social Services, Scott Morrison tried to cut pension indexation – a cut that would have meant pensioners would be forced to live on $80 a week less within ten years.

He cut $1 billion from pensioner concessions – support designed to help pensioners with the cost of living.

He axed the $900 seniors supplement to self-funded retirees receiving the Commonwealth Seniors Health Card.

He tried to reset deeming rates thresholds – a cut that would have seen 500,000 part-pensioners made worse off.

In 2015, Scott Morrison did a deal with the Greens to cut the pension to around 370,000 pensioners by as much as $12,000 a year by changing the pension assets test.

As Treasurer, Scott Morrison tried to cut the pension to around 190,000 pensioners as part of a plan to limit overseas travel for pensioners to six weeks.

He also tried to cut the pension for over 1.5 million Australians, by scrapping the energy supplement for new pensioners.

Scott Morrison also spent five years trying toincrease the pension age to 70.

The age pension deeming rate remains high while interest rates are at record lows.

And he continues to gouge pensioners by charging high interest rates through the pension loan scheme.

Labor will continue to oppose these cuts to the pension when the Bill reaches the Senate.

LINDA BURNEY

MEDIA RELEASE - TUESDAY, 3 DECEMBER 2019

www.lindaburney.com.au/media-releases/2019/12/3/morrison-governments-pension-cuts-headed-for-senate

[itsmylife08]

This is going to come back and haunt the people who voted for these swine, People will believe anything these spin doctors tell them.

[bear]

We can only hope so Itsa.....though it appears the electorate has all turned into masochists. They certainly seem to obtain pleasure from suffering mental or physical pain, punishment or humiliation. Cheers bear

[itsmylife08]

I hear what you're saying bear, and there was me thinking that we were the clever country.

[bear]

Dec 3, 2019 18:15:28 GMT 7 itsmylife08 said:

I hear what you're saying bear, and there was me thinking that we were the clever country.

I think that one word; "were", puts it in perspective beautifully. Not sure which decade though.... Cheers bear

[nomadic]

what more does he have to do to prove that he is 100% anti-welfare? Just doing it in bits and pieces rather than just stopping it in one swipe. Never been a more dangerous and ruthless Australian politician. If he wins next time; look out. But will the ALP reverse these cuts? No chance for mine.

[highlander4000]

Would this mean a decrease for those on indefinite portability and have been overseas for longer than 6 weeks?. Are we currently getting any supplement that would be cut?.

[bear]

Dec 3, 2019 19:35:35 GMT 7 highlander4000 said:

Would this mean a decrease for those on indefinite portability and have been overseas for longer than 6 weeks?. Are we currently getting any supplement that would be cut?.

The OP is more of an overview highlander4000 . Some have been done, others are his wants; the six weeks overseas and total cut of supplements being two. The Greek community are lobbying against both of them. Cheers bear

neoskosmos.com/en/147123/greek-australian-pensioners-confused-over-pension-supplement/

neoskosmos.com/en/144247/tighter-pension-access-and-plans-to-cut-pensions-for-australians-travelling-overseas-for-more-than-six-weeks/

If they totally cut the supplement we would lose approximately $47.80 per fortnight; $621.40 per year. We already lose about $80+ odd dollars per fortnight after six weeks overseas.

www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/topics/pension-rates-payable-people-outside-australia/29791

www.humanservices.gov.au/individuals/services/centrelink/age-pension/how-much-you-can-get

[mulloway]

Both Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott have publicly defended pedophiles. Morrison and Abbott are Child Sex Abuse Apologists. I am a survivor of child molestation. I find Morrison and Abbott to be very UnAustralian and very UnManly.

[isleboy]

Dec 4, 2019 1:09:30 GMT 7 mulloway said:

Both Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott have publicly defended pedophiles. Morrison and Abbott are Child Sex Abuse Apologists. I am a survivor of child molestation. I find Morrison and Abbott to be very UnAustralian and very UnManly.

Morrison seems to delight in causing as much hardship as possible. 
We are supposed to think that's it's all our fault for being poor, as his god has selected him as one of the supposed chosen wealthy ones.

He uses his religion as a cover, in order to further their agenda.

[nomadic]

Dec 4, 2019 1:09:30 GMT 7 mulloway said:

Both Scott Morrison and Tony Abbott have publicly defended pedophiles. Morrison and Abbott are Child Sex Abuse Apologists. I am a survivor of child molestation. I find Morrison and Abbott to be very UnAustralian and very UnManly.

I think of them as more UN human. They live in some religious trance like some of the sects we have seen mover the years. Charles Manson and Jones town come to mind among others. WACO in Texas also. They are no different in their extreme views and like those before them they suck people in. GGGGGGOOOOWWWLLL.