House debates

Tuesday, 27 March 2018

Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits

2:16 pm

Photo of Jenny MacklinJenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Disability and Carers (House)) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. In its first budget, this government tried to cut pension indexation by $23 billion. The next year, this government made changes to the pension assets test that left 370,000 pensioners worse off. The year after that, the government tried to axe the energy supplement of $365 a year, and today the government still wants to increase the pension age to 70. Will the Prime Minister rule out making any further cuts to the—

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