Chris Bowen McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer
3:45 pm
Madam Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Chris Bowen McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer
During question time today, the Minister for Social Services said:
I note that the member for McMahon has equated the tax concessions for compulsory superannuation contributions with a pension or welfare payment.
This is incorrect. In fact, I have repeatedly stated that the government's own budget papers outline that the cost to superannuation tax concessions will surpass the cost to the age pension in the next four years.
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General
Madam Speaker, I wish to make a personal explanation
Mrs Bronwyn Bishop Speaker
Does the honourable member claim to have been misrepresented?
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General
I do.
Mark Dreyfus Isaacs, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Attorney General
Last Thursday, the member for Curtin made a number of false claims during question time about my contributions to national security while in office. In fact, during the previous Labor government, ASIO's funding was increased by 27 per cent, and at no time, when Labor was in office, were there urgent requests for data retention laws from our agencies.