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- MEMBER SWORN
- GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
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STATEMENTS BY MEMBERS
- Lehner, Mr Mal
- Social Welfare: Disability Services
- Cox, Captain Rodney
- Ryan Electorate: Recognition Awards
- Federal Election: Visually Impaired and Blind Voters
- Macquarie Electorate: Rural Fire Service and State Emergency Service
- Artists: Remuneration
- Corangamite Electorate: Otway National Park
- Canberra Electorate: Burns Club Pipe Band
- Tofa Mamao a Samoa Park
- CONDOLENCES
- MINISTERIAL ARRANGEMENTS
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Regional Services: Program Funding
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Economy: Current Account Deficit
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Regional Services: Program Funding
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Transport: AusLink
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Regional Services: Program Funding
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Association of South-East Asian Nations
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Association of South-East Asian Nations
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Association of South-East Asian Nations
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Economy: Foreign Debt
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Ukraine: Election
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Education: Vocational Education and Training
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Education: Vocational Education and Training
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Education: Vocational Education and Training
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Superannuation: Policy
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Education: Vocational Education and Training
(Macklin, Jenny, MP, Hardgrave, Gary, MP)
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Regional Services: Program Funding
- PERSONAL EXPLANATIONS
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PETITIONS
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- Immigration: Asylum Seekers
- Immigration: Asylum Seekers
- Immigration: Asylum Seekers
- Immigration: Asylum Seekers
- Immigration: Asylum Seekers
- Immigration: Asylum Seekers
- Immigration: Asylum Seekers
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- Pinner, Mr Kirk
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- Environment: Myrmecia Pilosula
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- Indigenous Affairs: Native Title
- Social Welfare: Reform
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- Health: MRI Machines
- Medicare: Bulk-Billing
- Social Welfare: Protection of Children
- Agriculture: Apple Industry
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- Education: Marriage Education in Schools
- Education: Funding
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- GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
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GRIEVANCE DEBATE
- Environment: Climate Change
- Australian Taxation Office: Inspector-General of Taxation
- Veterans: Health Services
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- Aviation: Sydney (Kingsford Smith) Airport
- Indigenous Affairs: Palm Island
- Regional Services: Program Funding
- Regional Services: Program Funding
- COMMITTEES
- GOVERNOR-GENERAL'S SPEECH
- ADJOURNMENT
- Adjournment
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To the Honourable the Speaker and Members of the House of Representatives assembled in Parliament.
The Petition of certain Pensioners of Victoria draws the attention of the House:
We the undersigned are old age pensioners. We have the house we live in and own one other house, which we use solely as holiday house. We make no income from either property.
As a result of significant movements in values of house prices the following consequences have occurred:
(1) We are affected by the asset thresholds, which unreasonably includes the holiday home, motor vehicle and furniture in the holiday home.
(2) We are penalised and part of our pension payments is deducted.
There is no reason why we should be penalised now that we are old age pensioners from continuing to enjoy the benefits of our holiday homes. Nor should we be put in a position with draconian asset test to ultimately require us to sell our holiday homes to loose our pension to help finance other sosial security programes. For to be able to have this second home we worked twice as hard and contributed by paying twice as much taxes when we where young.
Your petitioners therefore pray that the House adjust the Social Security laws to exclude the:
(a) Holiday Home
(b) Furniture in the holiday home
(c) The value of the motor car from the asset threshold.