Bill Shorten Maribyrnong, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition
2:05 pm
My question is to the Prime Minister. Before the last election the Prime Minister said that it was unfair to apply the CPI only to the pensions of those who had risked their lives for our country. He promised veterans that loyalty goes both ways. Now the Prime Minister is cutting the indexation arrangements for 140,000 veterans back to CPI. Why did the Prime Minister break his promise and where is his loyalty to our veterans?
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
Again, Madam Speaker, the Leader of the Opposition should not promote falsehoods in this House. We promised that the DFRDB and the DFRB pensions would be indexed by CPI or male total average weekly earnings, whichever is the greater.
Ms Macklin interjecting—
Tony Abbott Warringah, Liberal Party, Prime Minister
We have absolutely delivered on the policy commitments we took to the election.