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Thursday, 19 March 2009
Page: 2260


Senator STEPHENS (Parliamentary Secretary for Social Inclusion and Parliamentary Secretary for the Voluntary Sector) (11:45 AM) —It seems like a simple question but in fact it is quite complicated, because there are so many factors taken into account for those people who may be deemed eligible. One of the important issues that we have, a real challenge, is about the full-year impacts on superannuation incomes, which are still yet to be known. It is difficult to disaggregate just on the simple dimension of those who are self-funded retirees who are now becoming eligible, because there are so many other considerations that come into play in those numbers. It is difficult to disaggregate on such a simple scale.