Individual, in answer to your question on the previous page ..... because they are almost as incompetent, lying, deceitful as the God you worship (your Lord ...Tax'Em Tony/ToneLIAR/Joe Cocky ...the "Trinity").

Nhoj,
Wrong again, not as bad ? Not even your pet hate target could be so incompetent & deceiving at the same time.

rehctub,
Retirement age 65, get your Super at 65. No more super contribution after that. Also, bank interest should no longer be taxed either after retirement. Government should learn to understand that the money they get out of pensioners is trivial in comparison to what it costs in administration. The more pensioners are able to look after themselves the better for all. The one thing a pensioner doesn't need is to feed hangers on.

For those of us born before after 1966 and before 1985 working into old age will be easy enough because we have actual skills, I will still be able to sit in a wheelchair and teach apprentices the arcane lore of heritage plastering at 90, if necessary.
Woe betide the Millennials though, if your main career paths have been nightclub DJ, Barista or web designer you're going to be on the scrapheap at 35 and living in poverty or off the earnings of a woman for the rest of your days.

Individual... ok *JUST* as bad. Now you have no ideological leg to stand on. Nhoj + 10 Individual = -1. Next ..........

*ALL* political parties are full of lying scumbags ... including *YOUR* religion (the Coalition) and *YOUR* God ...ToneLIAR.

Killarney,

Yes thanks, I AM enjoying a comfortable retirement thanks very much.

Privileged ? No

I was brought up during the second world war and I know all about austerity when my mother had only potato to put on the table for at least one meal I remember well.

I have retired from the building industry as a chippy so I also know about hard manual work on roofs in 40 degree heat. I don't waste my money on alcohol, gambling, smoking, eating out, or buying take-away. My annual clothing bill is never more than $50 because it is all second hand. I run a very comfortable 17 year old Holden car and have never spent my money on trivia such as tattoos or piercing. I have been saving all my life and investing when I can instead of consuming fashionable items, so I am now a self funded retiree with little burden on other tax payers. I have a modest income and could probably apply for a part government pension, but I prefer to be independent and self sufficient. I was brought up when accepting the dole was an embarrassment. If I need extra money (and I'm approaching 80) I go out and get a job. Last time it was delivering pamphlets.

I live on a small acreage property and grow a percentage of my own food and have a great life, because I also swim in my solar heated swimming pool every day of the year.

Continued

It's all about priorities. I am just amazed at the way people buy new cars, fashionable clothes and trinkets they don't need. When I came to this country in the mid 60s, my wife and I made do with a single bedroom flat in a house with a tin roof and no hot water. We kept cool in the Summer by sitting with out feet in bowls of cold water. Very slowly we made headway and our first house was a two bedroom weatherboard place and we worked up from there.

I object to all the entitlements that so many expect nowadays when the majority have never been through really hards times..... and I'm not talking about the needy through no fault of their own require a hand up, but I do ask myself how much of the health problems now are self inflicted by drugs and over eating and lack of exercise. If I was a healthy 20 year old again, I am sure it would not take me long to get a job. I've cleaned windows, chopped wood, folded newspapers and even been an artist's model and worked as an extra in movies

So Yes Killarney, maybe I will go sailing tomorrow. Any questions ?