85YO+ Australians had 22-68% increases in death above baseline, 75-84 had 10- 41% increase above baseline in the first 16 weeks of 2022. 3,419 of the 8,065 excess deaths were recorded as Covid-19.
The senior citizen, aged 65+, excess deaths in the first 16 weeks of 2020 represent 76,395 weeks of life lost. Translate this to pension saved! Fortnightly pension in Australia, including energy and other subsidies come up to A$987.60 for a single person, and 744.40 for each person in a couple. So, these excess deaths now translate to savings in Pensions for the Australian Government of somewhere in the upper range of A$28.4 to 37.7 Million Australian Dollars! That is before any medicare subsidies for health expenses, which could be considerable for the older population. Guess that pays for the payrises given by the Australian Government to themselves!
The senior citizen, aged 65+, excess deaths in the first 16 weeks of 2020 represent 76,395 weeks of life lost. Translate this to pension saved! Fortnightly pension in Australia, including energy and other subsidies come up to A$987.60 for a single person, and 744.40 for each person in a couple. So, these excess deaths now translate to savings in Pensions for the Australian Government of somewhere in the upper range of A$28.4 to 37.7 Million Australian Dollars! That is before any medicare subsidies for health expenses, which could be considerable for the older population. Guess that pays for the payrises given by the Australian Government to themselves!