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Pensioners' electricity bills up by 47% to 66%

ENERGY

Pensioners’ electricity bills up by 47% to 66%

2010-03-02 12:12:00
Voice Editorial Team

PENSIONERS will face an even steeper electricity price jump than everyone else in NSW, with some facing an increase of between 47% and 66.42%, even though the highest increase announced was 62%.

Why?

Because the pensioner energ

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ENERGY

The NSW Government must take responsibility for power price hike

2010-03-02 12:11:00
Voice Editorial Team

CPSA often explains to bureaucrats and ministers why pensioner and other low income households have trouble paying their electricity bills.

Each time, our concerns are met with a furrowed brow, and croons along the lines of, “it&rs

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ENERGY

Smart Meters another energy pain for pensioners

2010-03-02 12:10:00
Voice Editorial Team

PENSIONERS and other low income earners will be the big losers when energy smart meters are rolled out across the country.

NSW pensioners can expect another 30 per cent increase to their energy bills if smart meters are installed in thei

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SUPERANNUATION

Call to crack-down on super fees

2010-03-02 12:09:00
Voice Editorial Team

IT may come as no surprise that compulsory superannuation has proven to be a better support the financial services industry than workers in Australia.

Compulsory super, introduced in 1992, now obliges most workers in Australia to save 9%

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AGED CARE

Third time unlucky: ‘5-star’ Bangalor Retreat fails accreditation a third time

2010-03-02 12:08:00
Voice Editorial Team

BANGALOR Retreat, a so-called ‘5-star’ aged care facility has again failed to pass accreditation, failing four of the 44 standards.

Clinical care, medication management, staffing and information systems were all lacking in t

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HEALTH

Gloves off as parties roll out health proposals

2010-03-02 12:01:00
Voice Editorial Team

HEALTH reform is again at the forefront of public debate. The Coalition has put their (light-on-detail) policy on the table. This has pressured the Labor Government to release its response to the National Health and Hospital Reform Commission&rsqu

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HOUSING

Council rates capped, local government cry poor

2010-03-02 12:01:00
Voice Editorial Team

EACH year, the NSW Government sets the rate at which Local Governments can increase their rates.

Minister for Local Government Barbara Perry recently announced that rate increases will be capped at 2.6%, a historically low amount becaus

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HEALTH

Cut to Cataract rebate not so severe

2010-03-02 11:50:00
Voice Editorial Team

THE Australian Government reneged on its halving of the cataract surgery Medicare rebate, announcing that rather than the initial 51% cut taking effect, the rebate will now be reduced by 12%.

Minister for Health Nicola Roxon announced t

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PENSIONS

Weekly Centrelink payments for some

2010-03-02 11:48:00
Voice Editorial Team

THE AUSTRALIAN Government announced a plan to allow some income support recipients to receive their payments weekly rather than fortnightly.

The Government introduced the bill after its own analysis found that people are better able to m

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CONSUMER AFFAIRS

Telstra’s excessive profits

2010-03-02 11:30:00
David Richardson, The Australia Institute

THE Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC) is undertaking a review of Telstra’s price controls. The Australia Institute has made a submission to the ACCC suggesting that price controls on Telstra should be strengthened to addr

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FUNERALS

Pricey plaques

2010-03-02 11:29:00
Voice Editorial Team

CPSA was contacted by Audrey, whose spouse recently passed away.

They had bought a burial plot at a lawn cemetery in Sydney some years ago. Soon after her husband’s funeral, Audrey received a letter from the cemetery operators, re

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HOUSING

OPTS opts for changes to residential tenancy law reform proposals

2010-03-02 11:19:00
Voice Editorial Team

MINISTER for Fair Trading Virginia Judge released the draft Residential Tenancies Bill 2009 on 4 November 2009 and opened it to public consultation. Minister Judge announced that the Bill constitutes the most significant reform package of New Sout

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