House debates Questions without Notice

Budget 2008-09

Tuesday, 11 March 2008 House of Representatives

Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services, Indigenous Affairs and the Voluntary Sector

2:48 pm

My question is again to the Prime Minister. If it is the Prime Minister’s position that someone must suffer in the fight against inflation, why has he decided that carers and pensioners should be the sacrificial victims? If it was right to pay carers and seniors lump sum payments last year, when the surplus was $12 billion, why is it wrong to do so this year with an even higher surplus? Will these lump sum payments be made: yes or no?

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