Helen Coonan (NSW, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I have listened very carefully to the minister’s answer and unfortunately he did not make clear whether it would be only income from the taxable component of a pension or annuity that would be included. Will the minister give an unequivocal guarantee to Australian seniors that the tax-free component of a superannuation stream—their own after tax hard-earned dollars—will be excluded from the income test for the seniors card?