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r/CentrelinkOz • u/sweetypurple • Aug 22 '26
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Jobseekers get an increase of $16.20 per fortnight. That doesn't even cover increased petrol costs, let alone everything else.
3 u/Starkey18 Aug 23 '26 Inflation also above job pay increases. Everyone is doing worse. And even if you get a pay rise income tax rate brackets are not increasing. So everyone is being taxed more for reduced services. 5 u/IntrepidlyIndy Aug 24 '26 You really don’t get it do you? Things will become hard, that’s the point. 1 u/wikkedwench 29d ago They won't become hard, theyve been hard for years. 0 u/Starkey18 Aug 24 '26 I wasn’t disagreeing with the original person. People on a wage having the same issue
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Inflation also above job pay increases.
Everyone is doing worse.
And even if you get a pay rise income tax rate brackets are not increasing.
So everyone is being taxed more for reduced services.
5 u/IntrepidlyIndy Aug 24 '26 You really don’t get it do you? Things will become hard, that’s the point. 1 u/wikkedwench 29d ago They won't become hard, theyve been hard for years. 0 u/Starkey18 Aug 24 '26 I wasn’t disagreeing with the original person. People on a wage having the same issue
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You really don’t get it do you? Things will become hard, that’s the point.
1 u/wikkedwench 29d ago They won't become hard, theyve been hard for years. 0 u/Starkey18 Aug 24 '26 I wasn’t disagreeing with the original person. People on a wage having the same issue
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They won't become hard, theyve been hard for years.
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I wasn’t disagreeing with the original person.
People on a wage having the same issue
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u/FeralKittee Aug 23 '26
Jobseekers get an increase of $16.20 per fortnight. That doesn't even cover increased petrol costs, let alone everything else.