As always, it's a frogging JOKE !  It's ONE.25 cups of coffee per week. How many politicians would crap their dax if they got a rise of $5 per week?

Well it will never be enough if you just have to rely on the pension but Im grateful for small mercies

I'm left speachless - again ! Its not even worth commenting. I've lived through some EXTREMELY hard times, one of the episode being described by the Chief Editor of The Age as "equivalent to the Paedophile" cases which has totally destroyed our family creaated by one brother - a leading internatitonal Jesuit and his immediate superior who is top of the Human Rights legal fraternity here. - plus a lot more!! the whole thing is a joke. but - I will succeed one day in the not too distant future.

I am with all those good people who are struggling, appreciative of what we have and stay strong. we are still better off than all those other dear souls on the planet who have 'nothing' like we have. so 'thank you' for small mercies!!

Dosen't even cover my rent increase. However, I am not complaining as there are people worse off.

It would be better if the state government was not going to take 25% of it for rent on my state housing home

i am surprised that the federal government lets them get away with calculating the supplements as well as the base pension 

for rent purposes. IT should be ilegal and is definetly immoral

The increase is not keeping up with cost of living / CPI. there have been no wage increases for years. We are all worse off. Any increase in money to help low income / the aged / DSP / Job seekers etc will be worse off due to companies immediately increase their costs for food, power , fuel, health care . education. day cares. and other services / agencies as soon as there is a increase offered to those worst off. The divide between those who have and those who have not is getting further apart. If anything, crime will increase etc. Should the global down-turn continue due to the virus we are going to be in real difficulty, Australia has sold most of its manufacturing / land etc to China etc. I believe we maybe going into a recession. 

This pissant increase is a pour joke. We paid for our age pension, 7.5% of our taxable income over our working lives. Despite what Moron-son likes to lie about.

 

Single Aged Pension =

The increase starts on the 20th March and it is $7.20  -- brings FULL single pension to $940.60

Don't spend it all in the one shop --

 

It is not about how much the increase is, it is about SOOTY FROM MARKETING being able to claim that he has provided an increase.

It's all about the next election, nothing to fo with the wellbeing of Pensioners.

No there has been NO increase in wages for many years in a hell of a lot of places --- except the politicians of course and they get it every year at a GREAT amount!  

More than enough.

   NO   NO   NO  $5.10 WK  How can we afford to buy toilet paper ???

The one big rise that makes politicians' pay nearly three times the average

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-10-10/chart-of-the-day-mp-pay/10356170

2012 was a big year for MPs' pay packets

The Remuneration Tribunal awarded MPs two pay increases in 2012 (30.3 per cent in March and 3 per cent in July), giving them a $54,000 raise in one year (adjusted for inflation).

 

That's $1,038.46 per week ! ...and here we are... dismayed... we get only a $5 per week increase. How good is that Australia? 

I guess any amount offered will be never enough . However, its just not keeping up with the cost of living, its just not fair nor reasonable, its a bloody insult. Morrison has given out huge amounts of money to overseas and space programs, big business, sold off manufacturing etc but what happened to looking after Aussies / the country. We pay and have contributed large amounts of $'s via taxes, put up with double-dipping by the Government and they still want more blood and extend the retirement age further. Lets face it, due to his reception pertaining to visiting farmers, Bush Fire Victims and Floods he knows the public are generally pissed off with his holiday and handling of the drought , bush fires and floods,motor vehicle manufacturing etc., I would be concerned if I was him. Take it personally PM, we do.. The Morrison government are looking after themselves first, just like the Sports , ( "Sydney "pool" Regional", what a insult . Morrison just buying votes with this latest offer and has insulted us by thinking we will forget his stuff ups. Dear Mr Morrison I wouldn't get to comfortable with your free gifts / gold cards supplied by us the "taxpayer", have your bags packed ready to go because your going to be out of job when we vote. Morrison and all you shiney arse Pollies.,  "you work for us, not the other way round".