Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

After 25 years of economic reform, after 25 years of good government, we then had six years from members opposite. They were wreckers in government and now they want to wreck government. That is what we get from the Labor Party. On the question raised by the member for Scullin: every year, under this coalition, pensions will go up. Every six months, every year, pensions will go up. They will go up this March. They will go up this September. They will go up next March and they will go up next September. They will go up the March after that and they will go up the September after that.

An opposition member: They will not go up as much.

The shadow minister opposite says that they will not go up as much. What is he saying they will not go up as much for when the member for Scullin was asking about cuts to the pension? They are just telling lies—and they cannot decide which lie they are telling us today.

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