A government pension is a fund into which a sum of money is added during the period in which a person is employed by the government. When the government employee retires they are able to receive periodic payments from the fund in order to support themselves. As the birth rate continues to fall and the life expectancy rises governments worldwide are predicting funding shortfalls for pensioners. Of the 500,000 people receiving pensions in 2015 47% of the wealthier recipients received reduced pensions and 18% lost access to all of their pension payments. 34% of lower income pensioners received an increase in their pension of $30 a fortnight. The pensioners who lost their payments were deemed to have at least $823,000 in assets (this did not include the value of a home).
Response rates from 3.4k Melbourne voters.
30% Yes |
70% No |
15% Yes |
65% No |
10% Yes, but only for low-income pensioners |
3% No, they should be reduced |
5% Yes, for government workers but not for politicians |
2% No, not until we decrease our national debt |
1% Yes, adjust them yearly for cost of living |
Trend of support over time for each answer from 3.4k Melbourne voters.
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Trend of how important this issue is for 3.4k Melbourne voters.
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Unique answers from Melbourne voters whose views went beyond the provided options.
@8THSFT73yrs3Y
No Pension levels should be the same base for all residents regardless of where they were employed not everyone can get a govt job.
@9276T3S3yrs3Y
No, they should be increased for every pensioner
@8ZLMKPH3yrs3Y
Why only government workers
@8Y3CS9M3yrs3Y
No, they should be increased for all Pensioners.
@8TLHSVK3yrs3Y
No, pension rates should be the same for all pensioners.
@8G6435D4yrs4Y
Yes for low income, adjust by cpi, exclude politicians
@8FL8DQF4yrs4Y
only for military personal
@927K9GT3yrs3Y
Government workers should get the same as any other worker.
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