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SINGLE MUM GUIDE TO BUDGET 2020

$250 bonus payment for Christmas to FTB parents but ParentsNext is back along with cuts to JobSeeker, JobKeeper and childcare subsidies. This is the single mum guide to budget 2020. https://singlemum.com.au/australia-single-mum-budget-2020?utm_source=Single+Parent+Australia+Mailing+List&utm_campaign=622518cb4f-Single+parent+call-out+-+Daily+Mail+Austr_COPY_01&utm_medium=email&utm_term=0_4d191119fd-622518cb4f-712338773

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Pension deeming rates under review

“The government is balancing the budget on the backs of pensioners” Deeming rates are set to be slashed after years of inaction by government. part-pensioners who have been stung by high deeming rates since 2015 may get some relief as the government finally prepares to review the current rates. Minister for Social Services Anne Rushton has asked for departmental advice

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FTB supplements saved! But what now for childcare reforms?

“This morning, I’m damn good!” exclaimed Terese Edwards from the National Council of Single Mothers and their Children when we asked her the standard “How ya going” earlier today. Nick Xenophon had just been on ABC Radio to announce that his three senators will block the Turnbull government’s watered down Omnibus Bill completely. The bill would axe Family Tax Benefit

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Are you getting all the Centrelink cash you are entitled to?

But you don’t want to think about all those expenses so let’s move straight to the good news. There is a wide range of family payments you might qualify for, now available from your friendly, local Centrelink office. You probably haven’t lined up at Centrelink since you got sacked from McDonalds aged 19 and plenty of things have changed in

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