House debates

Wednesday, 18 June 2014

Questions without Notice

Budget

2:29 pm

Photo of Bill ShortenBill Shorten (Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

I am just referring to it. It says, 'The government is delivering on its election commitment to support veterans by improving—

Government members interjecting

I meant the member for Curtin. I refer to the fact sheet sent out by our friend the Minister for Foreign Affairs which says, 'The government is delivering on its election commitment to support veterans by improving the way that their pensions are indexed.' Given that the Prime Minister is actually cutting the indexation of veterans' pensions, why are members of his government using taxpayers' money to peddle his lies?

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