It’s here guys! After the webpage being embargoed for what seemed like forever, the March 20 indexation of welfare payments has finally come out, and are you ready to spend up?
Don't be misled by false claims that pensions are up.
They've not gone up more than indexation for the last 3 years.
The lowest payments (Jobseeker, Youth Allowance) got a whole extra $20 a week, but that's ithttps://t.co/QYlJOpPDmQ https://t.co/34pN3mwn8V
— 💜 phonakins 🍉 speak because your voice shakes (@phonakins) February 24, 2025
Let’s start with the pension rates, since that’s what I get and what they claimed to have increased…
On my partner rate pension, I’ll be getting $3.50 “extra” a fortnight in my bank account. Looking at yesterday’s Aldi receipt, that’s worth about 600g of tomatoes or 3 tins of tuna or 2 UHT milks.
Who will be the first Labor MP to brag about this? I am going to mail them a 'bragged about automatic indexation again award' award pic.twitter.com/CzK6hup4wY
— Tom Studans (@maximumwelfare) March 9, 2025
Let’s add in that 80c rent assistance “boost” and the $4.30 a fortnight covers a couple tins of dog food. And you know that’s where I spend my money first before anything for us lol Fortunately my rent only went up $10 a week last year so I’m not as behind as some who’ll lose out from this, especially if the thresholds mean their rent assistance goes down this year :/ Looking to my Aldi receipt there is nothing under 80c on there, even my mineral water is 89c a bottle.
For those on jobseeker, $3.10 a fortnight will find its way to your account. And the supplements aren’t going up any of course.
They better not dare use us as election fodder. We will kick back.
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