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Tuesday, September 7th, 2010“Improve our standard of living, say pensioners”
featured on ABC News Online - 6 September, 2010
http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2010/09/06/3004041.htm
A pensioners’ lobby group has used its annual conference in Brisbane to urge all levels of government to improve the standard of living for older Australians.
The state branch of the Australian Pensioners and Superannuants League (APSL) is discussing health, housing and [...]
APSL to celebrate 65th Anniversary at the 62nd Annual Conference (September 6-8).
Sunday, September 5th, 2010The Australian Pensioners’ and Superannuants’ League, Qld Inc. (APSL) will on September 6 in Brisbane open the 62nd State Conference and Annual General Meeting of the League. Conference delegates will embrace the theme “Living Longer Growing Stronger” as they look ahead to the future year’s activities.
It will be a special celebration, as the League will [...]
Electricity prices on the rise
Sunday, May 30th, 2010Brace yourself, not only will you feel the winter chill this year, you may literally feel the winter weather as many of you find alternative heating methods to try and reduce energy consumption. The announcement that the cost of electricity will rise by 13.29 per cent on July 1 will put increasing pressure on the [...]
Australian Pensioners’ and Superannuants’ League responds to the Federal Budget – the initiatives, disappointments and caution of further back flips.
Monday, May 17th, 2010The Australian Pensioners’ and Superannuants’ League, Qld Inc. (APSL) welcomes aspects of the 2010/ 2011 Federal Budget. In particular, the additional $2.2bn health funding which will now represent a total of $7.3bn for necessary medical and hospital reforms as part of the health program. More importantly, we are quite pleased with the encouragement of nurses [...]
Electricity increases impact on pensioners and low income earners
Saturday, January 9th, 2010The Australian Pensioners’ and Superannuants’ League, Qld Inc. (APSL) have opposed Full Retail Contestability (FRC) of the distribution of electricity since its inception. In the last decade we have seen power consumption rise by 90%, this coincides with a population growth in South East Queensland of around 30% in the similar period. The effect, the [...]
Increased electricity costs impact on pensioners, Minister doesn’t care.
Thursday, June 11th, 2009The Australian Pensioners’ and Superannuants’ League, Qld Inc. (APSL) have opposed Full Retail Contestability (FRC) of the distribution of electricity since its inception.
In this regard, in its advocacy and research, the APSL has drawn heavily on experiences in other states where FRC had been introduced earlier and demonstrated quite clearly that this has led to [...]