AUSTRALIA - Single pensioners are struggling to meet basic living costs, receiving less than those in other developed countries, a background paper for the Rudd government's Pension Review shows.
Released yesterday, the Pension Review Background Paper highlighted the single rate of the pension, at 60% of the combined couple rate, was lower than the average for OECD countries at 63%. Th...
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