House debates Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits

Thursday, 12 March 2009 House of Representatives

Jenny Macklin

Jenny Macklin Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs

2:23 pm

I am sorry to say that they were both out and about whipping up sentiment because some of these payments have gone to pensioners living overseas. Let me just remind each and every one of those opposite that we have 22 social security agreements with overseas countries and 10 of those were announced by Liberal governments—

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