Indy, don't you collect a government handout in the form of an "Aged Pension"? I say cut out the Old farts Pensions and put em' in the Boot Camp! Didn't you also say the last pension increase wasn't enough to pay for another beer down at God's Waiting Room?

'The same thing happened to the Aboriginals when the whites moved in displacing them from their lands.'

yeah and we stole the hospitals and schools and rec centres Mr Opinion. What an evil bunch or are you incapable of thinking.

Right now, in my village of no more than a thousand a middle aged woman faces homelessness
First four shared a rental, all women all content to live in social isolation
So we do not know them,not at all, but the village is small, so we know the circumstances
See all came to work in one of the growing number of food takeaways here
Sales slackened and one by one their jobs went
One is left, not for long the job has gone, the rental is not some ones investment, it is a battlers hope of keeping it, by using the rent instead of shrinking income, to pay for it
Show me why this human tragedy is self made, why another woman may be forced to live in her ageing car on the street

Ah good 'ol Paul1405 is at it again.
I have paid 7.5% towards my pension as did all other Australian workers plus some Super which is the only good legislation to come from a labor govt.
What we oldies get in pension is a small slice in comparison to public service Super & they can actually retire early AND access their Super unlike us who had to work till 65-67.
No negative gearing (Commercial welfare) for us.
If you think we're getting too much then you should have told them to tax us less so we could have become self-funded retirees. If you don't know the definition of handout you really shouldn't use the word. Tell me, are you getting a silly allowance ?

I have nothing of real substance to add to this topic, other than to say I was heartened to read and see, some years ago that the local govt and a couple of charities had provided, between them, the means to lessen some of the burdens in their lives.
One was a food van that prepared 3 hot meals a day and served them in and around the more populated areas or suburbs, so they did not have to walk too far.
This was very successful, and thankfully made a big difference to their lives and well being.
The other thing I came across was an initiative, not sure if it was private or govt backed, where these vans were decked out as mobile bathroom/laundry's.
The idea was the homeless could wash and clean themselves and do some laundry at the same time.
Again, very successful.
This new service completed the cycle of assistance to the homeless and again was very well received, I imagine it went a long way to keeping them in a healthier and hopefully, happier state.
Not sure if these services are still in play or not.
I certainly hope they are, it was making a big difference, and even if it was not intended to keep going, I would hope that while these services are there, the responsible govt departments were working on a much longer or on-going system that would step in and carry on the work of the current ones.

I'd gladly forfeit 5% of my pension to help those in need if it can be proven that not a Cent goes to bureaucrats & I'd expect every other income earning Australian resident to do the same. !