Senate debates Social Security and Veterans’ Entitlements Amendment (Commonwealth Seniors Health Card) Bill 2009
In Committee
Rachel Siewert WA, Australian Greens
11:41 am
I have a question regarding people going onto the pension. Do you have any figures on how many people are going onto the pension as they become eligible through age or become eligible as they fall under the threshold because their income has dropped in response to the decreasing value of their superannuation funds et cetera? Is there a way of identifying figures that reflect the numbers of people moving onto the pension via the age eligibility requirement and the assets eligibility requirement?
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