Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

Yes, tell us about it! As for self-employed people, the good news is that our budget measures will extend the work bonus to include earnings from self-employment. Extending the work bonus to the self-employed will improve the consistency and equity of work bonus arrangements. This change will benefit, for the first time, pensioners of age pension age who currently receive the maximum rate and cannot access the existing scheme. It is fair that self-employed pensioners who earn income from actual engagement in gainful work should be able to access the work bonus in the same manner as other pensioners who work.