House debates Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits

Wednesday, 25 June 2014 House of Representatives

Tony Abbott

Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

2:41 pm

every single year under this government. But, from September 2017, after the next election, they will go up with the same rate of indexation that the member who asked the question thought was fair for other social security benefits. It is exactly the same indexation that, when she was the minister, she thought was right and fair and proper for social security benefits. If it was fair for the family tax benefit, it is fair for other benefits. If it was fair for the former government to bring in that particular form of indexation, it is surely fair for this government to do exactly the same thing.

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