Senate debates

Wednesday, 24 July 2019

Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits

2:48 pm

Photo of Mathias CormannMathias Cormann (WA, Liberal Party, Vice-President of the Executive Council) Share this | Hansard source

The honourable senator is asking her first question. If it were not her first question, she would have heard me say before, 'Don't believe everything you read in the newspaper.' And, even more importantly, 'Don't believe everything you read in The New Daily'! That's what I would say.

Let me just say that Mr Kelly has hotly contested the report. He disputes the report. But, for the avoidance of any doubt, let me also refer you to one of those great tweets from our Treasurer, Josh Frydenberg, where he has made very clear that Labor's claim that the pension assets test will be changed to include the value of the family home is a lie. It's not our policy and never will be—

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