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Post by Banker on Apr 1, 2012 16:54:32 GMT 7
Centrelink has advised all their clients that paper statements will no longer be posted to them from June 2012. All statements will be electronically available through individual online accounts. Dr Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray said “this new practice by Centrelink does not consider pensioners who have no computers, let alone any internet experience.” “Clients who still wish to receive paper statements via mail will apparently be charged a postage fee of approximately $3.50. “The only other way to receive a paper statement will be to collect it in person at the nearest Centrelink office. “Pensioners living in remote towns have no access to public transport and some cannot drive long distances, and travelling costs are considerable,” Sharman Stone said. “Centrelink may go green with their paperless statements but it should not do it at the expense of its most vulnerable clients. “Welfare recipients need to contact Centrelink as soon as they find that their statements have not been updated, have errors in them, or to advise of changes in their circumstances. Clients cannot do this if they have no access to their statements in the first place. “For instance, there might be a significant delay before clients find out from their bank account that their payments have not been processing properly. Clients then have the added stress of ringing Centrelink to clarify the issue. 1 3 phone numbers can be expensive especially from a mobile and when you have to wait for long before getting through to a consultant. “Pensioners have a lot to be concerned about at the moment especially with rising costs of living, the carbon tax, new superannuation rules, and the private health insurance means test changes. “The last thing that pensioners want is to be hit with additional costs for something as simple as a Centrelink statement. Paper statements should be mailed out at no additional charge if anyone requests them,” Dr Stone said. goo.gl/rMuRm |
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Post by rowdy on Apr 1, 2012 17:14:26 GMT 7
Centrelink has advised all their clients that paper statements will no longer be posted to them from June 2012. All statements will be electronically available through individual online accounts. Dr Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray said “this new practice by Centrelink does not consider pensioners who have no computers, let alone any internet experience.” “Clients who still wish to receive paper statements via mail will apparently be charged a postage fee of approximately $3.50. “The only other way to receive a paper statement will be to collect it in person at the nearest Centrelink office. “Pensioners living in remote towns have no access to public transport and some cannot drive long distances, and travelling costs are considerable,” Sharman Stone said. “Centrelink may go green with their paperless statements but it should not do it at the expense of its most vulnerable clients. “Welfare recipients need to contact Centrelink as soon as they find that their statements have not been updated, have errors in them, or to advise of changes in their circumstances. Clients cannot do this if they have no access to their statements in the first place. “For instance, there might be a significant delay before clients find out from their bank account that their payments have not been processing properly. Clients then have the added stress of ringing Centrelink to clarify the issue. 1 3 phone numbers can be expensive especially from a mobile and when you have to wait for long before getting through to a consultant. “Pensioners have a lot to be concerned about at the moment especially with rising costs of living, the carbon tax, new superannuation rules, and the private health insurance means test changes. “The last thing that pensioners want is to be hit with additional costs for something as simple as a Centrelink statement. Paper statements should be mailed out at no additional charge if anyone requests them,” Dr Stone said. goo.gl/rMuRmThis has nothing to about going GREEN, it is just another failed Government penny pinching cost cutting measure. Go for the disadvantaged first. |
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Post by rowdy on Apr 1, 2012 17:28:13 GMT 7
Centrelink has advised all their clients that paper statements will no longer be posted to them from June 2012. All statements will be electronically available through individual online accounts. Dr Sharman Stone, Federal Member for Murray said “this new practice by Centrelink does not consider pensioners who have no computers, let alone any internet experience.” “Clients who still wish to receive paper statements via mail will apparently be charged a postage fee of approximately $3.50. “The only other way to receive a paper statement will be to collect it in person at the nearest Centrelink office. “Pensioners living in remote towns have no access to public transport and some cannot drive long distances, and travelling costs are considerable,” Sharman Stone said. “Centrelink may go green with their paperless statements but it should not do it at the expense of its most vulnerable clients. “Welfare recipients need to contact Centrelink as soon as they find that their statements have not been updated, have errors in them, or to advise of changes in their circumstances. Clients cannot do this if they have no access to their statements in the first place. “For instance, there might be a significant delay before clients find out from their bank account that their payments have not been processing properly. Clients then have the added stress of ringing Centrelink to clarify the issue. 1 3 phone numbers can be expensive especially from a mobile and when you have to wait for long before getting through to a consultant. “Pensioners have a lot to be concerned about at the moment especially with rising costs of living, the carbon tax, new superannuation rules, and the private health insurance means test changes. “The last thing that pensioners want is to be hit with additional costs for something as simple as a Centrelink statement. Paper statements should be mailed out at no additional charge if anyone requests them,” Dr Stone said. goo.gl/rMuRmI find it very hard to read stories like this, when on the same day I read the following. I have bold text the bits that made my blood boil: Paid to live the high life - the man who spent $243,702 of your money
ONE of the nation's highest-paid bureaucrats - who earns more than double the PM's salary - has racked up a huge corporate credit card bill, including more than $21,000 at one Canberra restaurant.
The federal-government appointed head of a national aviation body uses the card - effectively funded by airline passengers - for stays at upmarket hotels around the world, fine dining and the upkeep of a luxury Audi. The Sunday Telegraph has obtained the corporate credit card expenditure of Airservices Australia CEO Greg Russell, who earns at least $700,000 - and possibly as much as $800,000 - a year. Despite running a government body, Mr Russell's exact salary is kept secret from the public. Airservices Australia is responsible for providing air traffic tower, fire-fighting and aviation rescue services. It comes under Transport Minister Anthony Albanese's ministerial portfolio and is entirely funded by levies charged to airlines using Australian airports. Those levies are passed directly on to passengers. Last year it turned over an estimated $900 million and paid the federal government a dividend of about $30 million. The Sunday Telegraph has obtained credit card statements showing Mr Russell spent $243,702 between January 2007 and August 2010. This includes $118,255 on hotel accommodation, $61,940 on food, $2432 on taxis and. $61,075 on fuel, parking, car hire, repairs to a company Audi and stationery.
The statements show Mr Russell made 21 visits with various airline executives to the Ottoman Cuisine restaurant, spending a total of $21,355.Among the hotels Mr Russell stayed at while attending international and domestic conferences were the Millennium Hotel in New Zealand, the Cable Beach Club Resort in Broome, the Hotel Sofitel in Melbourne and the Grand Hyatt in Singapore. The leaked statements follow a bid by the organisation to increase the fees it charges airlines in return for managing what it describes as 11 per cent of the earth's airspace. The ACCC last year rejected an application by Airservices to lift its charges, ruling that it needed to become more efficient. Airservices Australia defended Mr Russell's credit card use as acceptable for someone expected to travel internationally and to host dinners with senior aviation officials. "The use of company credit cards by Airservices staff is governed and administered under strict policies and guidelines," it said in a statement to The Sunday Telepgraph. "All credit card usage is checked, reconciled and authorised monthly. Accordingly the credit card used by the CEO for the purchases described is appropriate." Source: www.dailytelegraph.com.au/news/paid-to-live-the-high-life-the-man-who-spent-243702-of-your-money/story-e6freuy9-1226315232663 |
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Post by randy on Apr 2, 2012 16:11:28 GMT 7
theres a problem with this,i have had payment information sent to my centrelink account recently,with letter about payment details,and checked them again later that day or the next and the info has been altered,on both the letter and the payment,whats to stop them from changing things to suit them at any old time,
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