House debates

Tuesday, 14 August 2007

Questions without Notice

Disabled War Veterans Pensions

2:02 pm

Photo of Kevin RuddKevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition) Share this | | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Does the Prime Minister agree with his Minister for Veterans’ Affairs in his constant opposition to Labor’s policy to provide fairer indexation to the pensions of our most severely disabled war veterans?

Photo of John HowardJohn Howard (Bennelong, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | | Hansard source

I agree very much with the initiative of the minister that was expressed in the budget, which significantly increased the support to those veterans.