Michael Ronaldson (Victoria, Liberal Party, Minister for Veterans’ Affairs) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Conroy for his question, which does give me the opportunity to talk about indexation as requested. Senator Conroy will be aware—and I presume this is the basis for his question—of the cross-portfolio decision made in relation to indexation measures which will take place in September of 2017.

Senator Conroy will also be aware that, in the run-up to the last election, I went to many veterans' forums around the nation and said, in relation to the DFRDB/DFRB superannuation scheme, that I believe there should be expanded indexation measures. As Senator Conroy will also be equally aware, in this chamber I introduced a bill to achieve that. Senator Conroy needs to be reminded—