{"id":91895,"date":"2023-09-22T04:55:46","date_gmt":"2023-09-21T18:55:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/?p=91895"},"modified":"2023-09-21T22:29:09","modified_gmt":"2023-09-21T12:29:09","slug":"support-payments-increase-welcomed","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/support-payments-increase-welcomed\/","title":{"rendered":"Support payments increase welcomed"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">FEDERAL Member for Bendigo, Lisa Chesters, welcomed recent changes to income support programs.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Speaking at Bendigo Family Financial Services, Ms Chesters said the base rate of several social security payments increased as per the Federal budget 2023-24.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">She said the increases will help support those most vulnerable in the community.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cIt\u2019s hard to say how to fix cost of living pressures,\u201d she said. \u201cWhat we\u2019re trying to do is address, for this demographic, the exact cost of living pressures.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cThis is cost-of-living relief for all of our people on fixed incomes that are really struggling. We\u2019ll keep working with the sector, and we\u2019ll keep reviewing it.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cFor all our other payments, they\u2019ll be indexed at a higher rate than what they usually get, because inflation and CPI continues to be high.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">Bendigo Family Financial Services general manager Jenny Elvey said the increases were a start but more needs to be done.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">In the past six months, she said her organisation has seen a 20 to 30 per cent increase in clients, mostly in the financial counselling program.\u00a0<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe\u2019ve got an increase in clients presenting at the moment that are struggling with putting food on the table, paying bills, house payments, rentals,\u201d said Ms Elvey.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cWe welcome all these changes, we know that we\u2019re still going to see clients that are struggling because of all these other increases.<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span data-contrast=\"auto\">\u201cBut we do welcome these changes as giving them a little bit of breathing space so that we can keep working with them and try and make it a bit easier for them.\u201d<\/span><span data-ccp-props=\"{&quot;201341983&quot;:0,&quot;335559739&quot;:160,&quot;335559740&quot;:256}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>FEDERAL Member for Bendigo, Lisa Chesters, welcomed recent changes to income support programs.\u00a0 Speaking at Bendigo Family Financial Services, Ms Chesters said the base rate of several social security payments increased as per the Federal budget 2023-24.\u00a0 She said the increases will help support those most vulnerable in the community.\u00a0 \u201cIt\u2019s hard to say how [&#8230;]<\/p>\n<p><a class=\"btn btn-secondary understrap-read-more-link\" href=\"https:\/\/timesnewsgroup.com.au\/mcivortimes\/news\/support-payments-increase-welcomed\/\">Read More&#8230;<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":212,"featured_media":91896,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[7],"tags":[],"post_folder":[],"class_list":["post-91895","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.7 - 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