Michael Johnson (Ryan, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Veterans’ Affairs and Minister for Defence Personnel. Minister, does the Rudd Labor government believe it is a fair and equitable policy for men and women who have served courageously in our Defence Force, in harm’s way and on behalf of the people of Australia, to have their military pensions indexed at a significantly lower rate than our aged pensioners—and of course substantially lower than the pensions of members of the Australian parliament? If the minister does not believe this is fair, what exactly is the Rudd Labor government’s policy on this fundamentally important issue of military pensions indexation for the veterans of the Ryan electorate, and indeed veterans across the country?

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