The Sydney Morning Herald recently reported that the NSW Government is about to strip the elderly of a portion of their hard-won pension increases, defying the wishes of the Prime Minister.
NSW and other states will raise public housing rents for single aged-care pensioners in tandem with their $30-a-week pension increase.
It means that, from September next year, hundreds of thousands of pensioners will lose a quarter of their pension boost – and while that is only $7.50 a week, it represents about 10 per cent of their typical food budget.
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