Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | Hansard source

to move:

That the House:

(1)

affirms its recognition of the sacrifices made by Australia’s veterans;

(2)

accepts its obligation to ensure that veterans’ sacrifices are acknowledged and that benefits earned by veterans are paid to them on a just and fair basis;

(3)

acknowledges in particular the plight of our most severely disabled veterans;

(4)

acknowledges that the value of the Special Rate Disability Pension (TPI and TTI), Intermediate Rate and Extreme Disablement Adjustment Pensions have eroded under the Howard Government; and

(5)

supports Labor’s policy to index the remaining portions of the above general rate disability pensions to movements in male total average weekly earnings, in recognition of the more severe work and lifestyle effects suffered by the recipients of these entitlements.

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