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

The government are focused on ways we can make a real difference in the lives of age pensioners. We want them to have flexibility and to boost their income so that they can choose how they spend their money in retirement. We're doing this through changes to the Pension Loans Scheme as well as the work bonus, which increases the amount a pensioner can earn from work before it affects their pension rate. This is in stark contrast to those opposite, who are focused on frightening senior Australians with a false campaign. For the record, I repeat in this place that the government has been very clear that the Morrison government has no plan and never will have a plan to force age pensioners onto the cashless debit card. Senior Australians know that we are the party that can be trusted to protect their interests in retirement, which is exactly what we will do and continue to focus on. We will not scare age pensioners for political gain.