Rather hard for the Turnbull Government to keep justifying cuts to safety-net health & welfare when statistics like these keep surfacing

According to the OECD report, Pensions at a Glance 2015, thirty-six per cent (36%) of Australian pensioners are living in poverty ie had less than fifty per cent (50%) of the median household income (adjusted for size) in 2014:

The report, released last month, found the Australian government contributes less to old-age benefits than other OECD countries. The Australian government spends 3.5 per cent of GDP on the pension, below the OECD average of 7.9 per cent.