Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

I seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 162 standing in my name.

Leave granted.

I move the motion as amended:

That the Senate—

(a)

notes the urgent and warranted pleas of National Seniors Australia and pensioners around Australia about the dire economic circumstances facing many older Australians; and

(b)

calls on the Treasurer (Mr Swan) to raise, as a priority measure, the single aged pension to reflect that the cost of living for pensioners is in excess of the consumer price index and that pensioners deserve immediate relief.

Question agreed to.