Senate debates

Tuesday, 17 September 2019

Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits

2:19 pm

Photo of Carol BrownCarol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Tourism) | Hansard source

Despite the minister's office telling media that no such data existed, documents released under FOI have revealed that less than one per cent of pensioner couples will receive the full $800. Why did the minister's office mislead the media? What was the government so ashamed of that the minister's office was trying to hide the facts?

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