I keep reading about executives' obscene salaries and politicians' entitlements with a combination of disbelief and horror.

I worked full-time as a classical pianist for 23 years. If I earned $40,000, I thought it was a pretty good year.

To learn that the state government's speaker, Telmo Languiller, gets that much annually for his second home makes me sick.

There are many people who work very hard and make well below the "average" wage. The age of entitlement is well and truly alive for some.

I acknowledge the letter from Barry Nankervis (“Penalising the people”, Bendigo Advertiser, February 24) regarding his contact with my office. Mr Nankervis’ issue, like many my office deals with, is complex.

Our office contacted Mr Nankervis multiple times to address his concerns. Mr Nankervis is on the list to meet with me to discuss his issue; however it is difficult to meet with constituents when Parliament is sitting.

I sympathise with Mr Nankervis’ situation and the thousands of other locals out there who have been affected by the changes to the pension asset test.

Labor voted against the changes to the asset tests because we knew how much these cuts would hurt our pensioners.

Our pensioners have worked and saved hard all their lives and deserve dignity and respect in their retirement.

Over the January and February period, my office has helped hundreds of people with Centrelink debts.

As your local federal member, I understand that it is difficult to navigate your way through federal departments, such as Centrelink, Medicare, ATO, NBN and Immigration.

I always encourage people who need assistance to contact my office and we endeavour to help people as quickly and efficiently as possible.

A broken promise to hospitality workers and others is the reduction of penalty rates for Sunday and public holidays.

In an economy which paid out a record $72 billion in dividends for 2016-2017 it seems some are doing very well at the expense of others in our society.

Where is the investment for growth and the real creation of jobs and employment in this great country?

When a Prime Minister can state, “I suppose a modest cut in penalty rates would see more jobs, more growth and more employment opportunities”, they have sold out on the idea and principal of a fair-sharing society. This may very well backfire on those small businesses that have whinged about paying penalty rates, but it certainly won’t hurt the big end of town and large corporations.

The spectacularly self-congratulatory speech of the outgoing Australia Post CEO, Ahmed Fahour, was extraordinary.

Worse was his spiteful dig at Pauline Hanson's so-called humble beginnings, saying that running Australia Post was "a little bit more complicated than running a fish and chip shop".

I am not a supporter of Ms Hanson's policies. However, if ever further proof were needed of Mr Fahour's contempt for those he seems to view as lesser mortals, then this must be it.

The post office was once regarded as a service, not a business, but no more. Whereas a fish and chip shop still provides a service, and is still affordable to the rest of us, the underdogs.