Cory Bernardi (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities, Carers and the Voluntary Sector) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to Senator Evans, the Minister representing the Prime Minister. I refer to the Prime Minister’s announcement earlier today that the government will finally adopt the coalition’s policy to issue a one-off payment to pensioners. I also refer the minister to his answer yesterday, when he stated that this policy idea was one that the government would not be adopting, describing it as ‘a stunt’. My question to the minister is: why was this a stunt yesterday but has suddenly become good policy today?