Senate debates
Monday, 30 November 2009
Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Australian Climate Change Regulatory Authority Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Customs) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — Excise) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (Charges — General) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme (CPRS Fuel Credits) (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Excise Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Customs Tariff Amendment (Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme) Bill 2009 [No. 2]; Carbon Pollution Reduction Scheme Amendment (Household Assistance) Bill 2009 [No. 2]
In Committee
8:37 pm
Penny Wong (SA, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Climate Change and Water) Share this | Hansard source
As I have said previously, the commitment is to provide assistance to Australian households. The commitment to low-income households is to fully compensate them for the overall cost increase they face. Treasury has modelled the impact of not only electricity prices but also gas prices and the broader impact of the increase in the CPI, which is calculated to be 0.4 per cent in 2011-12 and 0.7 per cent in 2012-13. For example, we have calculated an additional assistance rate for single pensioners of some $455. We have calculated additional assistance for pensioner couples—people receiving the maximum rate of pension—of $686. I was asked a question in relation to middle-income households as well. Was that you, Senator?
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