Really? - nah just kiddin.
Research commissioned by the Australian Institute of Superannuation found 80% of retired households reported expenditure levels considered to be the most basic of living standards for retirees: ~ $24K for singles & ~ $43.5K for couples. Presuming of-course that this research also encompassed self funded retirees, either partly or fully, then wouldn't this suggest that married couples, having stuck to it through thick and thin, wouldn't now be well advised to seperate ?
Although maths isn't my strong point, I'd suggest the couples are considerably worse off. Considering present pension rates in the order of ~ $23K for singles & ~ $34K /couple p.a, then maybe it IS time for we few remaining silly old married farts to seperate, get hip and cashed up with the current wave of trendies. Recently; as we seemingly failed to convey the message via the poll, what better means of registering dissatisfaction than hitting the Public purse where it most hurts - the Treasurers coffers ! Bill & his sidekick can then exchange blow for blow with Mal & his sidekick - below the benches if you please: we've already witnessed more than enough cross bench expression of public invective.
Good for them...but I have spent a lifetime in the public eye, and have given a huge contribution to the country I adopted as my own...
I now leave the political stuff to people who have the inclination...
As for being a waste of space.......
Wish you were here... not.....lolol...
Its not my vote I wont change Barak...Its my mind..
It's made up and and until people become more contented with what they have rather than what they think they should be entitled to , become more generous of spirit and less greedy for the almighty dollar, no party will make a difference as they are all clones of each other with a different name and different faces..
No thanks...
It's all yours.....
I would go as far as to say that there are probably couples out there who have done just that, if I were maried to a woman other than the one I am now I would suggest we sell up divorce and rent a house as shared accommodation. As far as I can tell this would not preclude us both getting a single pension and rent assistance.
Fortunatley my wife is a much more moral person than myself and would be astounded if I even brought the subject up. She thinks I am much nicer than I actually am.