There will be no pension increase in September for the first time in 23 years. But there is a simple fix
- Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
www.shutterstock.comThe Department of Social Services has confirmed Australia’s pensioners will not receive an automatic indexation increase this September, because inflation has gone backwards.
This will be the first time since 1997 the pension hasn’t risen with indexation.
Labor has quickly criticised the news the pension will be put...
