Senate debates

Monday, 22 July 2019

Questions without Notice

Age Pension

2:06 pm

Photo of Anne RustonAnne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Farrell for his follow-up question.

The track record of the Morrison government when it comes to prioritising older Australians is one of which we can be proud. Notwithstanding the fact that many older Australians are doing it tough with cost-of-living pressures, the track record of the Morrison government is in ensuring that twice yearly we don't just increase pensions by CPI but take into account a suite of other impacts that impact on our older Australians and our pensioners. There is the fact that we have introduced $365 million over two years for the—

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