I would think the answer should be obvious. Would you like to have a disability and have to struggle through life? You're lucky to get 50%..,I get nothing!

Well in NSW on the aged pension, we get rego for free and our license-free but we have to pay for 3rd party which is about $400 or more.

I also think that anyone on a disability should also get the same as the aged pension as they are both very needy,  sorry you in WA don not get the same as we do here in NSW

What else do you get an allowance for on a pension in WA?

Sophie do you not get a disability pension?

Thats ok I forgive you. LOL I was a Campus Cop in the USA for 12 years so am used to cheek. Used to get plenty. I enjoyed my time in the US and also got to go back to UK and see where I was born before Moses chopped down the trees for the ark. Mose is also the first to use a tablet and download from a cloud. Anyway I used to be on a disability pension but when I came home they automatically stuck me straight on to Aged Pension. I am now entitled to my Australian Aged and my US pension not to bad.

Stop whinging about discrimination, discrimination about this discrimination about that. If you're lucky enough to be on a pension or unlucky as the case maybe, you should be very appreciative of what your receiving, I certainly am. I receive a small part pension and with the benefits included, it helps a great deal. Contrary to popular belief, it's not an entitlement, it's a gift from the hard-working taxpayers of today for the hard-working taxpayers of yesterday, in most cases. So glass half full not glass half empty, appreciate what you have not what you haven't got. Regards Jacka.

I would think that if you have a disability you would need vehicular transport more than someone on an aged pension who might be able bodied.  The differences between states are a puzzlement too.  For instance, I've just moved from Queensland to South Australia.  In Queensland, as an aged pensioner, I had free ambulance transport in an emergency.  It seems that here in SA I will have to pay big bucks, so need insurance.  Which is the same price as if I were earning a big salary.  Doesn't seem right.........

Dont forget Jacka that us workers paid for our pension, 7.5% of our taxes that went into a Pension fund, hijacked back in Malcom Frasers time into consolidated revenue and now anyone who gets a pension is made to feel like they are on  'welfare'!  Grateful for the extra discounts but they are necesary as the pension is not sufficient to cover these high cost items.

I know someone on a disability pension and the fact that despite her wanting to work was unable to concentrate for long and

her cognitive skills were impaired which was totally frustrating for her. She could never drive a vehicle and therefore has to rely on public transport or others to get anywhere.  She lives alone but never complains. I reckon she deserves a medal let alone every dollar the govt are prepared to give her.

Pension discrimination between states is more frustrating. In NSW, registration is free for all pensioners, though they pay 3rd party insurance. In Queensland, only one pensioner per household gets discounted registration and it's far from free. The discounted cost is several hundred dollars per year more than a NSW pensioner pays. A couple who need two vehicles pays full registration costs for the second in Queensland. Also, in NSW there is a $125 per annum gas rebate for users of bottled gas, and a $250 per annum prepaid Visa for all pensioners to buy fuel for motoring or pay public transport costs.

I don't know about other states, but Queensland pensioners certainly suffer discrimination because of where they live. There's something else for pensioners to whine about, since some of them seem to love to whinge. SFRs get none of these concessions, despite the fact that many of them have incomes far lower than any pensioner receives. Of course they have savings they can use, and then they have to go on the pension and cost the government a great deal more than it would cost to simply give them a bit of a helping hand to remain self-sufficient.

It is called a Seniors card and states are differant and i can use my WA card in any state,so if you have a SC you get 50%of your driving License and 100% if you also have a Commenwealth seniors health card