| Title | SOCIAL SECURITY AND VETERANS' AFFAIRS LEGISLATION AMENDMENT (MALE TOTAL AVERAGE WEEKLY EARNINGS BENCHMARK) BILL 1997 In Committee |
| Database | Senate Hansard |
| Date | 30-09-1997 |
| Source | Senate |
| Parl No. | 38 |
| Electorate | NSW |
| Interjector | NEWMAN |
| Page | 7249 |
| Party | ALP |
| Status | Final |
| Speaker | Senator NEAL |
| Context | Bill |
| System Id | chamber/hansards/1997-09-30/0144 |
Senator NEAL(6.34 p.m.)
âI did hear you, Minister. What you said is that the benchmarking would flow on to allowances that have the characteristics of pensions, and you mentioned a couple.
Senator Newman
âThree.
Senator NEAL
âIn terms of allowances generally, those three are very small beer. What I am asking you is: will it flow on to the other allowances that you did not mention?