Government to cut pensioners' deeming rates

Money is taken out of a purse  Canberra, April 8, 2014. Aged pensions are expected to be hit in the upcoming 2014 budget. (AAP Image/Alan Porritt) NO ARCHIVING

Sydney businessman paid nanny just $2.33 an hour for a year Source: AAP

Around one million Australians could receive up to $800 more per year under changes to the federal government's income test for pensioners. But advocates say the much-needed move doesn't go far enough. (AUDIO IN TURKISH)



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