Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth has revealed pensioners and those on Commonwealth Rent Assistance are set for a timely boost, as indexation bumps up payments by as much as 2.6 per cent.
Pensioners and those on rent assistance have been handed a timely boost, with indexation bumping payments up and putting more money in the pocket of struggling households.
May's federal budget included a ten per cent increase to rent assistance, as well as energy rebates and a price freeze for medicines on the Pharmaceutical Benefits Scheme, as the government attempted to put more money back in the pocket of Australian families. Now, in welcome news for many households Ms Rishworth on Sunday revealed the latest indexation will see families pocket even more, with pensions, JobSeeker and rent assistance all increasing from September onward.
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