Right now, Australian savings accounts offer interest rates between 0.00 per cent and 3.05 per cent. If you can get a good rate of around three per cent on your savings, your money is growing and staying well ahead of the inflation rate, which is 1 percent. You don’t need to settle for the savings account offered by your own
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From http://www.Kidspot.com.au You’re not a welfare cheat are you? Those people should all be jail right? They’re ripping off the taxpayer so they can lounge around all day. Well hang on, most “welfare cheats” are parents. Maybe you are a welfare cheat but you just haven’t checked your inbox. Perhaps the debt letter with the Australian Federal Police letterhead is
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Growing numbers of Aussies are cutting up their credit card and choosing a good debit card linked to a great everyday transaction banking account. Now, for the first time ever, debit card spending has overtaken credit card spending. Read more here at Infochoice.com.au Source: InfoChoice.com.au
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What are the real facts about the Centrelink debt campaign? Centrelink staff are leaking information about the DHS Centrelink “robo-debt” campagn like a sieve. And they are telling a very different story to government ministers: The government says $300 million worth of overpayments are being clawed back through the robo-debt campaign. An anonymous Centrelink whistleblower (who has been reporting reliable
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How cruel is Centrelink’s debt campaign? One shocking story reveals the terrible truth … “I almost committed suicide, but two calls to Lifeline saved me,” Kate told Unofficial: Centrelink News. Kate from Sydney is disabled with two chronic medical conditions. She works part-time and receives no Disability Support Pension because Centrelink say she is not disabled enough. Almost seven years
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Westpac is giving $200 in a savings account to any Australian baby born in 2017 to celebrate the bank’s 200th anniversary. To cash in on this offer, you can register your baby’s interest in opening a “Westpac Bump” account now. You then have until 31 May 2018 to present the baby’s birth certificate to Westpac so the account can have
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You have rights. You can appeal. So we have compiled this quick guide: 1) Appeal the matter to an Authorized Review Officer (ARO) at your nearest Centrelink office. Yes , that’s right, Social Security Rights Vic recommend going to a Centrelink office. 2) Make sure you get a printed receipt confirming your request for a review. An ARO will be
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