AUSTRALIA - The minister for families, community services and indigenous affairs, Mal Brough, said the federal government would look at improving the single age pension as it was "incredibly challenging to live on".
When asked by a National Seniors speaker’s forum member if the single age pension would be increased, Brough said: “I’m considering the matter very clearly”. Brough said he acknowledged that th...
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