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The Main Message
“The Age of Entitlement is over.”
It wasn’t apparent at the time, but the 2015 Budget was a real go at Welfare payments and Social Security generally.
It covered three main areas
1. Fraud which became known as Robodebt
2. Cashless Welfare card and
3. A reduction in People receiving the Aged Pension by “rebalancing the Assets test”
“The Age of Entitlement is over.”
It wasn’t apparent at the time, but the 2015 Budget was a real go at Welfare payments and Social Security generally.
It covered three main areas
1. Fraud which became known as Robodebt
2. Cashless Welfare card and
3. A reduction in People receiving the Aged Pension by “rebalancing the Assets test”