Senate debates
Wednesday, 15 February 2017
Questions without Notice
Pensions and Benefits
2:15 pm
George Brandis (Queensland, Liberal Party, Attorney-General) Share this | Hansard source
The government is currently spending around $42 billion a year, so we have acted to make the age pension fairer and more sustainable to provide more help to pensioners with modest needs. As a result of the changes, more than 170,000 pensioners with modest needs will have their pensions increased this year.
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