i would consider us to be a low income family, for the moment anyway, doing all we can to change that, and to be honest, without the help from centerlink and welfare god knows where we would be now, out on our arses im sure!!! i am really greatful for the help the government has been able to give us and i feel very lucky to be in a country that has helped us, as a family, to stay safe and healthy! which is all thats important at the end of the day.
i can see how people find it easy to take advantage of this generosity but i would hate to think that if we had gone through what the last 12 months has thrown at us next yeat that we wouldnt have had the same level of help.

Trillian:
i already looked at those pages and couldnt work it out, hence this thread! i guess il just wait for it to go through and ring centerlink to find out what it has changed for us.

but it is very hard to say that every family earning $150k is well off. I know if it was us, yes we would be quite comfortable, others, well not at all.
wow...if we earnt that much id feel like we'd won lotto!