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 first shift upwards in Age Pension age will occur in July 2017 when the Age Pension eligibility age increases to 65.5 years, and then in six-month increments every 2 years, until it reaches the age of 67 years from 1 July 2023. See Table 1 below to discover your Age Pension age.our Age Pension age, that is the age at which you are eligible to apply for the Age pension, depends on your date of birth. If you were born before July 1952, your Age Pension age is 65 years.