Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Adams for her question and I acknowledge that she has a genuine interest in pensioners and has a long-term interest in their welfare, but I am disappointed that this is only the second question on pensions raised by the opposition in question time this week. They threatened that they were going to come into the parliament and campaign hard for pensioners. And what do we get? In four days we have had two questions. We have not had any debate and I understand that the bill which they threatened to bring in is coming in next week. That is how urgent their concern is! It has been pathetic. The Rudd Labor government is very concerned about the conditions confronting pensioners. That is why in our budget, the first Labor budget—