Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

The policy on this is very clear. It does not matter about the age of the carer; we have not discriminated against carers because of age. We have simply said that, if you are a carer, you are divided into two demographics: to a carer who receives the carer payment, we are giving a very generous bonus of $1,000; and those on a carer allowance will receive a bonus of $600. There is no differential with the age of the carer.