Philip Ruddock (Berowra, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source

The government is giving consideration to these matters. I have made that clear. The government has said that it will address issues when they are raised and deal with them on a case-by-case basis. But believing that it is appropriate to do it on an individual case basis, I think, flies in the face of reality. If you are going to expand entitlements to what are defined benefits superannuation measures, a much wider class of people in the group of cases that you want to deal with have to be considered. I do not believe it is appropriate to deal with the judges or magistrates in isolation from returned servicemen, public servants or even members of parliament.

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