Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

Pensions will go up every six months. The only difference is that, from 2017, pensions will go up by the same indexation method that the shadow minister for social services applied to family tax benefit. That is the truth, and the Leader of the Opposition should stop scaring the pensioners of Australia.

As for this Paid Parental Leave scheme, which the Leader of the Opposition is a little obsessed with—and I do not know why he is so frightened of letting the women in the workplaces of Australia get a fair deal at last. I mean, why are the Leader of the Opposition and the Deputy Leader of the Opposition so against the women in the workplaces of Australia getting a fair deal at last?

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