Stuart Robert (Fadden, Liberal Party, Assistant Minister for Defence) Share this | Hansard source

The member for Brand said military superannuation with its CPI link is guaranteed in real terms for life. Guaranteed in real terms for life, he says, and with the benefit paid to a surviving spouse for the term of their life, as it should be. Let us move on to Bob Carr, our favourite author at present, dear old Bob. Bob said on 27 June 2012—he was the foreign minister. And of course, foreign ministers are not a cigarette paper's width away from the views of the Prime Minister. That is how close they are. What did Labor's foreign minister say? 'The Australian government accepted the recommendation of an independent review that Australian government civilian and military superannuation pensions should continue to be indexed by the consumer price index.' So you have to give Labor points for seriously being crazy brave.

Honourable members: Chutzpah.

The sheer temerity. The sheer chutzpah.

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