House debates Questions without Notice

Superannuation

Wednesday, 19 September 2018 House of Representatives

Scott Morrison

Scott Morrison Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister

2:01 pm

I thank the member for his question, and the government will consider all options in this area. But I do want to point out that, when superannuation reforms were taken through this parliament when I was Treasurer, I was disappointed that the opposition didn't support important measures that would have assisted women with catch-up contributions in their superannuation. That was part of the package where we introduced the low-income superannuation tax offset, and that benefits around 1.9 million women by over $500 million. There was the levelling of the playing field by scrapping restrictions—

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