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Australia news live: federal court to hear Bruce Lehrmann appeal; Labor to tweak pension and welfare calculations

anthony albaneseAugust 19, 2025
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Australia news live: federal court to hear Bruce Lehrmann appeal; Labor to tweak pension and welfare calculations
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Labor will make changes to the way pension payments are calculated for the first time since the start of the Covid-19 pandemic, ending a three-year freeze on deeming rates.

Deeming rates are used to calculate income from financial assets held by some 900,000 people receiving Centrelink payments, including about 450,000 older Australians on the age pension.

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Source: Guardian - World News

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