Bob Brown (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Does the minister think it is reasonable that the increase for the Prime Minister alone in this proposed pay rise will be the equivalent of the whole pension for Australia’s pensioners? Does the minister really believe that, with increasing rental costs, transport costs and food costs, $219.50 a week is a fair living income for Australia’s 1.2 million full pensioners?