Quality of life is directly affected by an individual's ability to access essential goods and services in an affordable manner. Increases to the costs of essentials such as energy, water, communications and food have a disproportionately negative impact on pensioners and other low-income households as a greater proportion of their income is consumed in meeting these costs.
Read CPSA's full cost of living policy here.
Electricity prices set to go down, but not just yet
THERE may well be a light at the end of the tunnel for households struggling with the ever-rising electricity bills.
Read more: Electricity prices set to go down, but not just yet
A win for retirement villagers
FROM 1 July 2013 low-income retirement village residents will be eligible for the $225 Low Income Household Rebate to help cover the cost of energy bills.
Addicted to the pokies
NSW HAS the highest concentration of poker machines in the country, home to 96,713 of them.
Centrelink’s Centrepay making life easy for scammers
IT HAS been revealed that certain businesses are exploiting the Centrelink Centrepay system and ripping off people on income support, so Centrepay is undergoing a review.
Read more: Centrelink’s Centrepay making life easy for scammers
The ever diminishing Council Rate Rebate
ENOUGH is enough! The Council Rate Rebate to assist pensioners to pay their Council rates has not increased at all since it was introduced in 1993.
