Originally Posted by
FatOne
I agree Kevin,
Stupid rule, if my wife was of eligible age we would get a married pension which is $A1154 per fortnight ( b33,500 ) if I was single I would get $A766 per fortnight (b22,000 ) but married with a 40 years old wife we only get half the married pension $A577 ( b16,700 ) working on a rough exchange rate. Impossible to live on in Oz, enough in LOS, but not luxurious. It almost seems they are telling us to break up, get divorced and live together in Sin, doesn't it? As we hope to do some travel together we don't want to do this.