{"id":3244,"date":"2024-06-20T11:48:10","date_gmt":"2024-06-20T11:48:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/?p=3244"},"modified":"2024-06-20T11:49:53","modified_gmt":"2024-06-20T11:49:53","slug":"seniors-paid-to-work-in-tourism-to-keep-receiving-the-age-pension","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/blog.villages.com.au\/retirement\/seniors-paid-to-work-in-tourism-to-keep-receiving-the-age-pension\/","title":{"rendered":"Seniors paid to work in tourism to keep receiving the Age Pension\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"3244\" class=\"elementor elementor-3244\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b32672e elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b32672e\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-307cbc9\" data-id=\"307cbc9\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-a58c188 elementor-drop-cap-yes elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a58c188\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-settings=\"{&quot;drop_cap&quot;:&quot;yes&quot;}\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t<style>\/*! elementor - v3.15.0 - 20-08-2023 *\/\n.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-stacked .elementor-drop-cap{background-color:#69727d;color:#fff}.elementor-widget-text-editor.elementor-drop-cap-view-framed .elementor-drop-cap{color:#69727d;border:3px solid;background-color:transparent}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap{margin-top:8px}.elementor-widget-text-editor:not(.elementor-drop-cap-view-default) .elementor-drop-cap-letter{width:1em;height:1em}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap{float:left;text-align:center;line-height:1;font-size:50px}.elementor-widget-text-editor .elementor-drop-cap-letter{display:inline-block}<\/style>\t\t\t\t<p>T<strong>he Government&#8217;s scheme to let older Australians take jobs in the ailing tourism industry and still receive the Pension has been made permanent.<\/strong><\/p><p>As part of the $48 million Supporting Tourism and Travel package introduced in the October 2022 Budget, changes to the Work Bonus program have been credited with a 14.4% increase in the number of pensioners employed in the sector.<\/p><p>In the same period, from December 2022 to June 2023, wages earned by pensioners jumped 21%, or $155 million, compared to the previous corresponding \u00adperiod.<\/p><p>Barry Iddles, CEO at Sorrento Catering and owner of restaurant 350Q in Queenscliff, Victoria, said after the Covid-19 pandemic, when staff were thin on the ground, he went about rebuilding his workforce with a mixture of seniors and juniors, which had worked a treat.<\/p><p>\u201cI thought, \u2018I\u2019m nearly 70 and I work 14 to 15 hours a day. I\u2019m sure there would be others like me out there with plenty of energy who don\u2019t want to sit around singing Kumbaya,\u2019\u201d he said.<\/p><p>\u201cMy oldest worker is 79. She\u2019s an absolute cracker, swims every morning, she\u2019s super fit.<\/p><p>\u201cThen there\u2019s Ken, he\u2019s 72. His wife came in and said, \u2018My husband was going to apply but he doesn\u2019t have a resume.\u2019 He\u2019s fantastic. Taken to hospitality like a duck to water.\u201d<\/p><p>Barry said the ability for seniors to earn up to $11,800 \u00adwithout affecting their pensions, up from $4,000 previously was a tremendous help.<\/p><p>\u201cI\u2019d love it if our government was the same as those in New Zealand and Canada where they take the view that seniors have paid taxes all their lives and any work after retirement shouldn\u2019t affect their pension at all,\u201d Barry said.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Government&#8217;s scheme to let older Australians take jobs in the ailing tourism industry and still receive the Pension has been made permanent. 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