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12 yrs ago

We live in a retirement village which is for pensioners only, some rent, some purchase a licence to occupy....I know of one resident and his friend, who also lives here......who's telling people that because he does volunteer work he receives an additional $80 per fortnight with his pension payment.....I've searched the Centrelink website and can't find anything to confirm this. It sounds wrong to me as volunteer work is unpaid work, why would Centrelink reward people for volunteering?

My husband and I both volunteer and were interested in finding someone who can answer this question for us.

Thanks - casper.

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You didn't offend me casper.
We do get a bit carried away sometimes but it takes a lot to offend most of us - we just pretend we are offended.
If you wish to see the article at centrelink , look at
http://www.centrelink.gov.au/internet/internet.nsf/payments/mobility.htm

casper

12 yrs ago

Thanks fwed.....I feel a little better now....at least I know that there's one person I haven't offended......and yes, I had already checked out that link thanks.

Popcorn

12 yrs ago

Thank you for finding that information Fwed,It answers a lot of questions.The figure of $2.50 per hour was based on the girl who works ironing for 4 hours x 4 days per week .giving her just over $2.50 an hour.I was offended by the presumption that somebody though percieved to be mentally slow was clever enough to rort the system by getting this allowance.It appears that this allowance is available to a a much larger group than I knew off for various reasons. Good luck to them wobbly

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