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| Edward S 497347 | 17-Sep-22 05:44 am | |
| I personally have been fighting the Australian Federal government on behalf of ALL pensioners for over 12 months..First the Liberals and now Labor. The Liberals really DID NOT care about pensioners because their excuse for lousy increases was that they DO NOT have to give pensioners any increases at all and they ignored many issues I raised with them. The Labor party seems much more concerned for pensioners when I have raised many issues with them and pay more attention to what I say to them, therefore we DO have better chances of DECENT future increases through Labor however their current excuse is the Trillion $ debt which Liberals left them with, but the forthcoming increases are a START. There is already a severe shortage of rental properties and a high demand which has massively increased rents and massively increased the number of homeless people....ADD TO THIS the ongoing monthly increases in interest rates for property owners which is going to force a lot of people to sell their homes and look for a rental home, thus causing an even higher demand for rental homes, leading to an even more severe shortage of rental homes, more high increases in rents due to demand and many more homeless people. In recent weeks the Federal government announced that they are going to bring in 195,000 immigrants this year and another 195,000 next year to fill the many job vacancies .... These people will need somewhere to live, creating a much more severe shortage of rental homes, much more higher rent increases, many more homeless people and a even longer waits to get a housing commission home ...So prepare for many more massive rent increases. In recent weeks I emailed Prime Minister Anthony Albanese, and the minister of housing plus the minister of welfare and raised these issues because Australia already has thousands of REFUGEES living in our country who are NOT receiving welfare benefits and are NOT allowed to work, therefore the Federal government could FIX the labor shortage by allowing these refugees to work and AVOID the worsening of the rental property shortage, massive rent increases, and homelessness problems. For all of you pensioners who are renting your home IF you want to avoid the forthcoming HIGH rent increases, a much higher rental property shortage and avoid the possibility of becoming homeless I suggest that you also email the above ministers to express your concerns and to push for decent increases in pension and rent assistance payments ...Just simply explain how much you are struggling financially on a pension. In fact, even IF you work full time instead of being on a pension, the massive rents, the severe shortage of rental homes and possibility of becoming homeless also affects YOU therefore I suggest you to do the same | ||
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