Richard Colbeck (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Aged Care and Senior Australians) Share this | Hansard source

At no point in any of those statements that Senator Walsh has just read—and I thank her for the question—particularly in the press release, did I say that the bonus would be tax free. I never said that it would be tax free. That's exactly what I said yesterday. We never, at any point in time, indicated that this bonus would be tax free. We said, at all times, that these bonuses would be up to $800 and up to $600, but we never said—