77.3% of all visits to general practitioners were bulk billed in October 2024.
In 2023-24, the proportion of general practitioners patients, who were never bulk billed was 13.6%.
79.0% of all visits to general practitioners were bulk billed in May 2024, an increase from the 75.6% in October 2023.
77.7% of all visits to general practitioners were bulk billed in March 2024.
82.2% in New South Wales.
78.5% in Victoria.
76.1% in Queensland.
75.5% Northern Territory.
74.4% South Australia.
71.3% Tasmania.
70.4% Western Australia.
52.7% Australian Capital Territory.
A change to the working hours rules, for eligibility to get the Carer Payment, will change in March 2025.
The current rules include:
Maximum of 25 working hours each week.
Changes in Australian Aged Pension Rates between 2016/2017 and 2024/2025.
The Australian Age Pension is available to seniors whose income is considered low. It is increased every 6 months, in March and September.
These are the rate changes since March 2016.
Centrelink customers with assets over $686,250, may be entitled to claim a changed asset limit by Pre-paying for their funeral.
This could save them up to $780 per year, based on paying $10,000 as a prepaid funeral plan.
This payment would reduce their assessable assets for the … Read the rest
The Queensland government has announced that all Queensland households will receive a $1,000 rebate on their electricity bills from July 2024.
This replaces the $550 electricity rebate that was paid to households in the 2023/24 financial year.
Eligible seniors, pensioners and concession card holders will … Read the rest
The Australian Age Pension increases every year in March and September.
Following the latest release of the cost of living figures from the ABS, it is expected that the maximum Australian Age Pension will increase, in March 2024, by:
Eligibility Age for the Age Pension.
The eligibility age for the Australian Age Pension became 67 years on 1 July 2023.
This means that if you were born on or after 1 January 1957, you must be 67 years old to be eligible for Age Pension.
It began to change … Read the rest
75.6% of all visits to general practitioners were bulk billed in Oct 2023.
