Karen Andrews (McPherson, Liberal Party) Share this | Hansard source

The carbon tax will have an impact on all Australians. For some individuals, the impact will be very significant, and that will be the case for many of our senior Australians. That is something that is of great concern to me as the member for McPherson, and I know that it is of great concern to many of the seniors that live in my electorate of McPherson on the Gold Coast and also more broadly on the southern Gold Coast. I know that because they come and speak to me about it. They take every opportunity to raise with me their concerns about how they are going to pay their bills into the future and whether they will have enough money to get themselves through their retirement. One of the questions that are at the forefront of their minds is: what will the impact of the carbon tax be on my future?

I think it is important to look at some of the numbers for the seniors that we have here. I should start by saying that the definition of a senior Australian is anyone over the age of 50 years.

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