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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. The minister talked about the most vulnerable people in society, and my supplementary question—if he could have a go at it, if he could actually deal with it—is: if the government can act on this issue before the Bracks’ review is finalised, why won’t the government immediately provide relief to single age pensioners and support the coalition’s call to immediately increase the single age pension by $30 a week?