Martin Ferguson (Batman, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Primary Industries, Resources, Forestry and Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That this House:

(1)

in recognising that the Australian Government terminated Australia’s Social Security agreement with the United Kingdom on 1 March 2001 in an attempt to force the U.K Government to address conditions of the agreement, notes that as a result of the Government’s decision to terminate the Agreement:

(a)

new arrivals from the UK of pension age will now need to accrue 10 year’s residence in Australia to qualify for the Australian age pension; and

(b)

former Australian residents will no longer be able to claim a non-means tested UK retirement pension using their Australian residence; and

(2)

calls on the Government to negotiate a new Agreement with the UK Government and that such an Agreement address the issue of the non-indexation of UK pensions in Australia so that the indexation of UK pensions will be of benefit to UK pensioners in Australia and Australian taxpayers.

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