Rudd finally adopts Don’s Law to boost pensions

“… Rudd has done the right thing, but not because he cares about pensioners...” Tweed seniors champion Don Morgan rather than local Labor MPs deserves credit for the Rudd Government’s backflip today on pension increases, according to North Coast Nationals Senator Fiona Nash. The Government has announced 8 December lump sum payments of $1400 for single pensioners, $2100 for pensioner couples, and $1000 for carers and children. “The Government until today has ignored the plight of pensioners. This measure is what the Coalition and people like Don Morgan have been pushing for over the past few months,” Senator Nash said. The Senate in September passed the Coalition’s Urgent Relief for Single Aged Pensioners bill – dubbed ‘Don’s Law’- but Labor Members including Richmond MP Justine Elliot and Page MP Janelle Saffin used their numbers to bury the initiative in the House of Representatives. Senator Nash said she had rung Don Morgan today to congratulate him on his contribution to forcing the Government backflip. “The Prime Minister admitted the purpose of the payments was to boost the sagging economy rather than compensate pensioners for rampant price rises – basically Mr Rudd has done the right thing, but not because he cares about aged pensioners”, Senator Nash concluded. Contact: Murray Lees, media adviser, 0447 34 00 25

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# Meli

Friday, February 03, 2012 8:51 PM

Hey Stuart.. Reading about Margaret rnedmied me to download all my passwords. If the worst should happen to me I’m wondering how sharon would feel faced with closing my affairs up and having no access to alertpay, clickbank, paypal, online banking etc.Its a bit of a glum point… but you never know! Mark

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