NSW Election: Gladys Berejiklian pledges $200 retiree bribe

Tuesday 12 February 2019

NSW Premier, Gladys Berejiklian, has shamelessly attempted to bribe the grey vote in the lead-up to the upcoming state election, pledging to give self-funded retirees $200 off their power bills. From The SMH:

Premier Gladys Berejiklian on Monday said about 130,000 people aged 65 or older who hold a seniors’ health card will be able to apply for the annual rebate from July.

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.