No Increase to Aus Pension

[4MyEgo 14,769]

1 hour ago, steven100 said:

so how much would I get on the dole if I were living there as a single   ?   thx

Mate of mine went back recently, he was on the disability pension which they cut and he has to go through all the cra-p he had to go through 6 years ago, anyway he said he is on the dole and is getting $500 a week till end September then it will reduce to $250 a week, so he is going to sort his disability paperwork and stuff in the interim, he hopes.

 

$250 a week be lucky to rent a room in Sydney, fortunately for him he lives past Newcastle and has a very humble abode which is paid off, so the dole covers his grog

 

[BEVUP 1,715]

2 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Mate of mine went back recently, he was on the disability pension which they cut and he has to go through all the cra-p he had to go through 6 years ago, anyway he said he is on the dole and is getting $500 a week till end September then it will reduce to $250 a week, so he is going to sort his disability paperwork and stuff in the interim, he hopes.

 

$250 a week be lucky to rent a room in Sydney, fortunately for him he lives past Newcastle and has a very humble abode which is paid off, so the dole covers his grog

 

That should give him 1 ctn a week as the rest will go towards weekly/yearly bills

[simple1 19,611]

18 hours ago, 4MyEgo said:

Mate of mine went back recently, he was on the disability pension which they cut and he has to go through all the cra-p he had to go through 6 years ago, anyway he said he is on the dole and is getting $500 a week till end September then it will reduce to $250 a week, so he is going to sort his disability paperwork and stuff in the interim, he hopes.

 

$250 a week be lucky to rent a room in Sydney, fortunately for him he lives past Newcastle and has a very humble abode which is paid off, so the dole covers his grog

 

 

After 24/09/20 your friend will receive the additional Jobseeker Covid supplement of $250 per fortnight until 31/12/2020, 

 

https://www.servicesaustralia.gov.au/individuals/news/how-coronavirus-supplement-and-eligibility-some-income-support-payments-are-changing#:~:text=Changes to the Coronavirus 

[Poet 1,696]

On 9/9/2020 at 9:14 AM, keith101 said:

No Increase to Aus Pension

Good. I'm sick of my tax having to support Australian pensioners.

I've never even been to the f*cking place!

 

[Fat is a type of crazy 1,121]

7 minutes ago, Poet said:

Good. I'm sick of my tax having to support Australian pensioners.

I've never even been to the f*cking place!

 

Top guy. Your hero medal is on the way.

[Will27 10,367]

On 9/11/2020 at 8:44 AM, JWRC said:

Nobody said there was an $25 increase in pensions, what are you reading?

More to the point, what were you reading?

 

No need to apologize

[Don Mega 9,625]

41 minutes ago, Poet said:

Good. I'm sick of my tax having to support Australian pensioners.

I've never even been to the f*cking place!

 

If you have never been there what taxes are you paying there ?

[Fat is a type of crazy 1,121]

28 minutes ago, Don Mega said:

If you have never been there what taxes are you paying there ?

I had thought he meant he had never gone to Centrelink. I worked there for 4 years so am a bit envious of someone who has never had to go there. But he does appear to be saying Australia. 

[Lacessit 22,478]

2 hours ago, Poet said:

Good. I'm sick of my tax having to support Australian pensioners.

I've never even been to the f*cking place!

 

I daresay the taxes I paid during my working life were more than yours, and you may feel grateful to get the OAP later on. If you are self-funded, good for you. Although there's a few tax rorts such as negative gearing, CGT discount, and the low taxes on superannuation working in your favor.

I am very pleased I got out of Melbourne and into Thailand about two weeks before the shutters came down. I'd be climbing the walls by now back there. No intention of going back for the next 2-3 years, or until there are no excess hoops to jump through at both countries' borders.

The pension is what it is. Not as generous as some other countries, but not the stingiest either. Try living on a Thai OAP, 600 baht/month.

The only beef I have with Centrelink's rules is if I marry my Thai GF, I'd lose about 10,000 baht by being cut back to a couple's pension. Which is complete BS, because she is not an Australian citizen, and hence has no entitlement to any pension.

[Poet 1,696]

 

2 hours ago, Don Mega said:

If you have never been there what taxes are you paying there ?

 

11 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

I daresay the taxes I paid during my working life were more than yours, and you may feel grateful to get the OAP later on.

As it has flown over a few heads, I should probably explain that I was joking. I was mocking the hostile attitude that some people in welfare states have towards pensions, not understanding that they are payback rather than a hand-out.

I am not Australian, so, my expectations of ever having either an Australian pension or the funny accent are low.

I sincerely wish that all the Aussies in this forum will get to enjoy their pensions for as many lavish and luxurious decades as possible.

 

Edited September 14, 2020 by Poet

[Lacessit 22,478]

4 minutes ago, Poet said:

 

 

As it has flown over a few heads, I should probably explain that I was joking. I was mocking the hostile attitude that some people in welfare states have towards pensions, not understanding that they are payback rather than a hand-out.

I am not Australian, so, my expectations of ever having either an Australian pension or the funny accent are low.

I sincerely wish that all the Aussies in this forum will get to enjoy their pensions for as many lavish and luxurious decades as possible.

 

You have a strange way of making the point, perhaps you did not understand pensions are a very sensitive topic with many Australians.

Thanks for the good wishes, I intend to.

[Poet 1,696]

2 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

You have a strange way of making the point

The subtletly of my humor has been honed in more advanced cultures.
 

 

4 minutes ago, Lacessit said:

perhaps you did not understand pensions are a very sensitive topic with many Australians

No, that would be exactly why the topic is such a rich vein. You should always make jokes about the things you're not meant to talk about.
 

[4MyEgo 14,769]

3 hours ago, Poet said:

Good. I'm sick of my tax having to support Australian pensioners.

I've never even been to the f*cking place!

 

Been living here for 5 years and finally not paying taxes for anyone, albeit it I am all for paying pensioners of they have worked and paid their taxes over the years, however the rules are you only have to have lived in Australia to receive the pension, i.e. you never had to work a day in your life and if you lived in Australia for 35 years, you will receive the full pension.

 

As for me, well at 60 now, I will be going back if still alive to collect the pension if it's still available, by then I should be in a position to have shifted enough funds to be elable, you see the way I see it, if they are going to throw money at everyone who hasn't paid a dime in taxes, then I might as well put my hand up because I paid a lot of taxes in my 40 years of working, so I think I am entitled to it over the others. 

 

In the meantime I will sit it out here and collect the tax free dollars on my investments legally as a non resident 

 

Don't try and fight the system, play it.

 

Edited September 14, 2020 by 4MyEgo

[Poet 1,696]

2 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

the way I see it, if they are going to throw money at everyone who hasn't paid a dime in taxes, then I might as well put my hand up because without all those taxes I paid in my 40 years, I think I am entitled to it over the others

Absolutely. Good for you.

[Fat is a type of crazy 1,121]

25 minutes ago, 4MyEgo said:

Been living here for 5 years and finally not paying taxes for anyone, albeit it I am all for paying pensioners of they have worked and paid their taxes over the years, however the rules are you only have to have lived in Australia to receive the pension, i.e. you never had to work a day in your life and if you lived in Australia for 35 years, you will receive the full pension.

 

As for me, well at 60 now, I will be going back if still alive to collect the pension if it's still available, by then I should be in a position to have shifted enough funds to be elable, you see the way I see it, if they are going to throw money at everyone who hasn't paid a dime in taxes, then I might as well put my hand up because I paid a lot of taxes in my 40 years of working, so I think I am entitled to it over the others. 

 

In the meantime I will sit it out here and collect the tax free dollars on my investments legally as a non resident 

 

Don't try and fight the system, play it.

 

This has probably been said a thousand times on this site but you need to be careful that in taking steps to be eligible for the pension  you are not then  deemed to be a resident for the ATO. You've probably looked into that already.

Edited September 14, 2020 by Fat is a type of crazy