Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) | Hansard source

Thank you very much, Mr President. I will continue to advise the chamber, as I said, that pensions have increased under the watch of this government. Pension rates are indexed twice yearly every single year. On 20 September, again we will be increasing the budget. In fact, pension rates will increase to $933.40 per fortnight for singles and $1,407 combined for couples. These rates are indexed twice a year every year and have been indexed twice a year every year since we have been in government.

But that's not all we've done for older Australians. We make sure that we assist them in other ways. For instance, the energy supplement is also provided to older— (Time expired)