When you perform abdominal exercises, you often target your upper or lower abdomen for work. While standard crunches or curls will put stress on the upper abs, reverse crunches or hip lifts will blast the lower abs. You may think youâre working two muscles, but the abdominal muscle, or rectus abdominis, is technically a single long muscle.
The Age Pension currently pays a maximum rate of $827.10 per fortnight (around $21,500 per year) for singles and $1,246.80 (around $32,500 per year) for couples combined. For singles, $751.70 of this payment represents the maximum base rate and the remaining $75.40 is paid through various supplements.he Age Pension age (the age at which a person can access the Age Pension) is currently 65 for men and 64.5 for women (but will soon increase to 65). From 2017 the Age Pension age will be increased by half a year every two years and will reach 67 by 2023.
The Age Pension rates, effective from 20 September 2015, and applicable until 19 March 2016, are set out in the tables below. A single person eligible for the FULL Age Pension can expect an annual Age Pension income (including Pension Supplement and Energy Supplement) of around $22,542.ccording to the Department of Social Services (DSS), the notional maximum pension for transitional rate pensioners from 20 September 2015 (until 19 March 2016) is $731.50 per fortnight (including Energy Supplement) for a single pensioner, or approximately $19,019 for the year.