CPSA

Combined Pensioners & Superannuants Association is a not-for-profit, non-party-political group speaking up for pensioners and people on low incomes since 1931.

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

The ACCC supermarket inquiry has revealed what we already knew: Australia's big supermarkets have some of the highest profit margins in the world.

We've been saying it for years: high inflation has been caused by big companies price gouging & taking extra profit. #auspol

[NobodyDeservesPoverty @NobodyInPoverty]

The government CAN choose to lift welfare payments above the poverty line.

Expect a lot of talk about Australia’s deficit, but remember the golden rule: budgets are always about choices

#NobodyDeservesPoverty

https://t.co/2NmcHFxIQi

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

The big supermarkets are taking the piss.

"Coles & Woolies are among the most profitable in the world. The only thing crazier than them price gouging their way through a cost of living crisis, is their excuses for it,"
– @RDNS_TAI in February last year!

[CPSA @CPSANSW]

You can find all transcripts and documents on the inquiry's website, as well as the final report: https://t.co/dM25nzde5w

[CPSA @CPSANSW]

@acccgovau has released the Final Report of its Supermarkets Inquiry, finding that the supermarket giants were able to drive up their profits while raising prices during the cost-of-living crisis.

[CPSA @CPSANSW]

While the report has not recommended that the big supermarkets be broken up, it has made a range of recommendations around the transparency and clarity of pricing for both shoppers and suppliers. CPSA represented our constituents at the inquiry's public hearings in November.

[CPSA @CPSANSW]

@acccgovau has released the Final Report of its Supermarkets Inquiry, finding that the supermarket giants were able to drive up their profits while raising prices during the cost-of-living crisis. Read the full report here, which includes input from CPSA: https://t.co/yHtQezk88r

[CPSA @CPSANSW]

March 20 is rapidly approaching, which means that the Age Pension, DSP, Carer Payment and JobSeeker Payment are due to increase. https://t.co/FrrBkIaiB4

[NobodyDeservesPoverty @NobodyInPoverty]

AGL kept taking money from welfare recipients via Centrepay years after promising to stop, court hears
Energy giant executive admits in court company was ‘absolutely wrong’ not to compensate ex-customers it took money from

https://t.co/fz1S2MJnj9

[NobodyDeservesPoverty @NobodyInPoverty]

“Indexation means nothing when people who rely on Centrelink payments are living hundreds of dollars a week below the poverty line,”

https://t.co/5blaRFQMma

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

Electricity companies are ripping off Australians.

Our research reveals more than a third of what Australians hand over to energy giants AGL and Origin for electricity is pure profit for the companies.

Consumers are paying twice as much compared to businesses. ⤵️ #auspol

[Australia Institute @TheAusInstitute]

“Between them, AGL and Origin made more than $3 billion in profits last year.”

“Privatisation has made these monsters where market forces should never have been applied.”

— David Richardson, Senior Research Fellow at @TheAusInstitute.

Read more: https://t.co/dUNjOnv707

[CPSA @CPSANSW]

Do you remember the fanfare that came along with @UnitedPetroleum announcing a 4¢ fuel discount for seniors? Well from next week they will require seniors to use a smartphone app to access the discount & will no longer accept existing plastic cards. Merry Christmas from United!

[CPSA @CPSANSW]

“Suddenly it starts to feel like the reality of that price increase might come more down to what Woolworths and Coles can get away with,” Mr Pringle said.

https://t.co/0DZTI848rr

[CPSA @CPSANSW]

You can tune in to the ACCC Supermarkets inquiry public hearing this morning to hear evidence from consumer advocacy groups, including CPSA's Senior Policy Officer Billy Pringle. https://t.co/xMjszKU6b6

[NobodyDeservesPoverty @NobodyInPoverty]

What will stop working when the 3G network is shut down on Monday?

"There was a total of 266,000 mobile handsets at risk of disconnection [but the] figure has come down to 176,000, which is a reduction of 34 per cent since May," he said.
https://t.co/pXxHeaKLkt

[Better Renting @BetterRentingAU]

🥳We had an impromptu watch party last night as the NSW Legislative Council passed a bill to end no grounds evictions in NSW! Thank you to everyone who helped to make this happen - it's going to mean better stability and secure housing for millions of renters in NSW.

[Everybody's Home @_EverybodysHome]

Let's make housing more affordable and fair! It's time for the govt to phase out negative gearing + the CGT discount for property investors! #FairHousingFuture #BuildSocialHousing #EverybodysHome

[NobodyDeservesPoverty @NobodyInPoverty]

People can't afford to volunteer because pensioners and others are too busy struggling to make their own ends meet

#RaiseTheRate because #NobodyDeservesPoverty

Broken Hill's Meals on Wheels on brink of closure due to volunteer shortage

https://t.co/MhckZAGooP

[ACOSS @ACOSS]

JobSeeker is indexed to CPI, while pensions are indexed to wages as well as prices. Over time this has widened the gap between pensions and JobSeeker from $27 a week in 1992 to $172 a week in 2024. People on working-age payments have fallen further behind.