Mrs Bronwyn Bishop (Mackellar, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Seniors) Share this | Hansard source

I hear the word ‘pension’ mentioned. Which party insisted that there be an increase in pensions for single pensioners? It was the opposition; we forced the hand of the government. We were the people who made MTAWE the index factor, not the government who, before that, had been in for 13 years. Do not give me that tired old argument. The fact is that we put the pensions on 25 per cent of MTAWE, when it is higher than the CPI. We are the people who have looked after people’s retirement incomes—not you. You simply regard them as a burden and you disparage them. That is the difference between us.

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