Rich seniors shall be gifted but extra middle-class welfare with a Morrison dedication to develop entry to the Commonwealth seniors well being card. Issues should be determined.
Greater than 20 years in the past, firstly of 2001, the polls recommended John Howard confronted a landslide defeat, with even loyal Liberal voters alienated from the federal government. However Howard sparked a political comeback that may ship victory later that 12 months by concentrating on handouts on the Liberal voting base to get them again on board. Specifically, he focused seniors with one-off funds and expanded entry to the Commonwealth seniors well being card.
The well being card started as a Labor measure within the Nineties as means for the federal government to subsidise medicines and well being providers for low-income retirees. However like several good welfare measure, it has since been dramatically skewed within the pursuits of middle-class retirees, and anybody who can manipulate their superannuation earnings to fall underneath the thresholds to entry it.
At this time, considerably belatedly — there are solely three weeks to go till polling day and he trails by six to eight factors — Scott Morrison adopted the Howard tactic and introduced he was radically increasing entry to the seniors well being card. Radically. The singles earnings threshold is presently $57,761 a 12 months. That may rise to $90,000. The {couples} threshold will go up from from $92,416 to $144,000.
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