Both my kids don't believe they will ever get such a generous pension handout from the government as some get today.
Paul1405,
That's up to them really, pay for the pension now & get it back later ! Gallivant around the country & don't pay much Tax, people should expect a smaller Pension !
Non-approved purchases ? What, like drugs or like fuel ?

Sorry, Paul, but the jobs your two sons do are simply not worth the money they are getting. They don't need any particular skills, qualifications or education. There are highly educated people who don't get anywhere near that money. It's their good luck, I suppose,and it's human nature to get what you can. But ridiculously high wages for unskilled jobs is dragging Australia down and keeping kids out of jobs. You usual resort to childish abuse about old whingers and drunks really makes people take you seriously - not! Your ranting at everyone who disagrees with you suggest that you have more than a nodding acquaintance with the bottle yourself.

Dear Paul,

«What do others on the forum think of a cashless card system, where the pension is paid through a spend card, which doesn't allow for non approved purchases, and in the long run can't be saved or transferred.»

This would be terrible: I would not agree to use a magnetic card for payments. This has nothing to do with the nature of the purchase (alcohol, drugs, tobacco, gambling), where I actually agree with the purpose of your suggestion, but with the persecution of people like myself who do not agree with this direction of proliferation of and dependence on computers and other digital devices, which must end with the rule of machines over humans.

I find it already difficult now, when some shops refuse to accept money as payment, then I just have to forego and not buy what I need. When they do accept money, I carry with me all possible combinations for the exact change and spray the money with disinfectant before handing it.

Also most of my food purchases are in open markets where such a card would be a disaster.

I do believe in direct, warm, human-to-human interaction and keeping machines out when possible. At the moment there are obvious and justified restrictions, but I look forward to returning to the good old ways.

Foxy,

"I don't think guns are going to work on the virus"

Of course, they won't and neither will anything else that can be bought for $750, but $750 worth of ammunition can harvest several thousand dollars worth of meat or protect lambing ewes and lambs.

"What do others on the forum think of a cashless card system, where the pension is paid through a spend card, which doesn't allow for non approved purchases, and in the long run can't be saved or transferred"

Big Brother.

Dear Is Mise,

I already explained why, like yourself, I strongly oppose this idea, but:

«Big Brother.»

It is commonly accepted that younger siblings cannot choose their big brother.

But in this particular case, nobody is obliged to take an age pension.
No pension - no big brother.

Can you see a difference?