Senate debates Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits


Carol Brown

Carol Brown Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Tourism

2:19 pm

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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