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

Senator Abetz, calling me a goose does not change the facts. The fact is that the question went to a separate issue. I am happy to take the supplementary question on notice, because I am not sure I caught the whole detail in the question. But in basic terms, as I made clear to you, because we considered the payments to pensioners a down payment on an increased pension rate, we decided that they would be paid to all those in receipt of the pension. That is the government’s policy. That was explicit in the measure you voted for at the time. (Time expired)