06/03/2017
The Minister for Social Services, Christian Porter is completely two-faced when it comes to looking after Australia's pensioners.
Mr Porter wants praise because the automatic indexation of the pension will see an 14.10 per fortnight to single pensioners or 21.20 a fortnight worse off or around 80 a week less within ten years.
In 2015 the Liberals did a deal with the Greens to cut the pension to around 330,000 pensioners by changing the pension assets test.
The Liberals still want to increase the pension age to 70 - meaning Australia would have the oldest pension age in the developed world.
On top of all that around 190,000 pensioners will have their pension cut as a result of Malcolm Turnbull's plan to limit overseas travel for Australian pensioners.
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North Ipswich
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Level 1 The Tarpaulin Building,
Riverlink Shopping Precinct,
North Ipswich
I’d like to acknowledge the Traditional Owners of the land on which we meet today. I would also like to pay my respects to Elders past and present and future custodians and Elders of the nation.