The Nightly

NICK BRUINING: Part-pensioners to feel the pain of higher deeming rates as Centrelink payments rise

There’s a double-edged sword coming for part-pensioners. Centrelink payments will rise next week, but so will deeming rates.
The Nightly

NICK BRUINING: Deeming rate changes and return to ‘normal’ levels set to wipe out Centrelink part pensions

A lift in deposit rates coupled with the ‘normalisation’ of Centrelink deeming rates will spell bad news for thousands of income-tested part-pensioners and Seniors Health Card holders.

Aussie pensioners warned over 'double whack' as major Centrelink change hits in weeks

Deeming rates are about to increase for the second time in six months after the government made a change to the process.
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Centrelink boosts payments: How the new changes will affect your pension

In just a few weeks, over 2.5 million Australians receiving the Centrelink Age Pension will notice a boost to their payments.
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Four million of the poorest Australians are about to get a pay rise

If you’re on JobSeeker, collecting ABSTUDY, receiving Parenting Payment or getting Commonwealth Rent Assistance, your bank balance is about to benefit from the federal government’s routine ...

Centrelink Age Pension payment rates, cut-off limits to change for 2.5 million in weeks

More than 2.6 million Age Pensioners will see an increase to their payments in a few weeks. (Source: Getty) Australians ...

Robodebt was the great test of Australia’s accountability mechanisms – and they failed

The final report into the Centrelink debt recovery process that wreaked havoc on the vulnerable is not the full-stop many wanted. It has not restored the trust that was so fundamentally broken ...