REDLAND council's budget will mean Alexandra Hills pensioner Suzanne Gair will consider giving up paid membership of the Lions Club, putting aside voluntary work and ceasing annual charity donations and reducing payments for a funeral fund.
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Pensioner concessions will remain at an annual $330 for a full pension holder and $165 for a part pensioner holder.
But Ms Gair said the discount should have risen in line with inflation and was the same dollar figure since 2009.
Ms Gair, 66, said it was hard living on a fixed pension when the cost of living was going up.
"If this continues, I will have to sell my home and consider moving to another state where pensioner discounts are higher."
Ms Gair's total rates bill last quarter was $655 but with rebates and subsidies of $141.67 she paid about $520.
Subsidies comprised a $9.17 state government fire pensioner subsidy, a $50 state government pensioner subsidy, and a council pensioner rebate of $82.50.
"My Sydney siblings pay about $320 a quarter with a pensioner discount for rates and they also pay about $80 a quarter for water because of a very generous pension discount," she said.
Ms Gair first championed the plight of the pensioner when she railed against the federal government cutting $50 million in state spending in its May budget, which cut state rebates.
Her outcry resulted in her meeting state Treasurer Tim Nicholls, who capitulated and vowed to keep all pension discounts intact.
