House debates

Wednesday, 20 March 2013

Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits

3:05 pm

Photo of Julie CollinsJulie Collins (Franklin, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Community Services ) Share this | Hansard source

They have said that they are going to undo our price on carbon and that includes all the tax concessions and tax cuts that have been delivered and the increases to pensions and family payments that have occurred. We know that those opposite would have every single pensioner in Australia—as I said, 70 per cent of single age pensioners are women—lose more than $350 a year. Every pensioner couple would lose $530 a year under those opposite. The Liberals have a plan of secret cuts to pensions and jobs— (Time expired)

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