Australian Council of Public Sector Retiree Organisations (ACPSRO) releases paper on the inadequacy of the CPI and related media release

At the end of January 2018 ACPSRO developed a short paper – ACPSRO – Consumer Price Indexation (CPI) – which explains why CPI indexation is not appropriate for setting any forms of income. Since then the ACTU has launched a major national campaign to obtain higher wages. Now that that campaign is well underway, ACPSRO has released … Read more

SCOA supports call to have CSC included in the Banking Royal Commission

SCOA Australia’s newly appointed President, Peter Illidge, today supported calls by the Shadow Minister for Defence Personnel to have the Commonwealth Superannuation Corporation (CSC) included in the Banking Royal Commission. Government employees have very little say in how their funds are invested or their scheme administered. “It is important that the CSC be included in … Read more

Union Shopper’s latest e-newsletter

Union Shopper’s latest e-newsletter Click on the link to see some of the specials in the latest e-newsletter from Union Shopper. http://newsletter.unionshopper.com.au/2018/enews/february/ As a SCOA Australia member you can access Union Shopper discounts on just about anything you want to buy. Get all the details of the item you are after, then call Union Shopper … Read more

President of SCOA Australia steps down

President of SCOA Australia steps down In early January, Annette Barbetti informed SCOA Australia’s National Committee that she would be stepping down from her role as the President of SCOA Australia and as a member of the National Committee, due to a number of recurring health issues.  Annette’s resignation was effective immediately. Stalwart doesn’t begin … Read more

2018/19 pre-Budget submission

SCOA Australia today lodged its 2018/19 pre-Budget submission with recommendations in the areas of Commonwealth superannuation pension indexation and taxation, the taper rate for the age pension income test, the ability of retirees aged over 65 to transfer funds into their superannuation fund without having to satisfy any work test; the PBS Safety Net Limits, … Read more

30 November 2017 – More on the inadequacy of the CPI

On 29 November 2017, the Canberra Times published an article by their correspondent Ross Gittins about the cost-of-living pinch on wage earners. In a letter to the editor, published in The Canberra Times today, the National President of ACPSRO, Richard Griffiths, explained that wage earners are now experiencing the same cost-of-living pinch that retirees and many … Read more