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.
Current plans. The state pension age is currently 65 for men and 64 for women. The latter will keep steadily rising every few months and equalise at 65 for men and women in 2018. The state pension age will then increase every few months, reaching 66 by 2020. Then it climbs up to 67 through a series of gradual increases, with those born in 1961 and beyond being the first to collect their state pension at 67.