Senate debates Bills

Treasury Laws Amendment (Putting Members' Interests First) Bill 2019; In Committee


Alex Gallacher

Alex Gallacher SA, Australian Labor Party

10:56 am

What's been put to me is that this legislation will have, as legislation often does, unintended consequences. It's been put to me that the cost of insurance for 25-plus-year-olds will increase, in some cases, by up to 14 per cent. That increase in that group life insurance policy will be deductible; have you done the sums on where that will impact on your projection of $605.4 million? If they get a higher deductibility because premiums have gone up as a result of this legislation then your savings may well be swinging in the breeze.

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