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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“This morning, I’m damn good!” exclaimed Terese Edwards from the National Council of Single Mothers and their Children when we asked her the standard “How ya going” earlier today. Nick Xenophon had just been on ABC Radio to announce that his three senators will block the Turnbull government’s watered down Omnibus Bill completely. The bill would axe Family Tax Benefit
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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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Every Australian needs a basic everyday transaction banking account. But there is no need to settle for the account offered by the bank you have been with for many years. Government reforms have made switching accounts easy. There are big differences between the best accounts in the market and the not-so-good. You don’t need to put up with monthly fees,
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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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