p>The Liberal Party, the National Party and the Greens Party have all voted to cut the pension.
Because of the Liberal/Greens deal 7,200 part-pensioners in Ballarat are now at risk of losing all or part of their pension.
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ABBOTT AND GREENS CUT THE PENSION
The Liberal Party, the National Party and the Greens Party have all voted to cut the pension.
Because of the Liberal/Greens deal 7,200 part-pensioners in Ballarat are now at risk of losing all or part of their pension.
Over the next ten years, around half of all new retirees will be affected – those in their 50s and 60s today who are working hard so they don’t retire poor.
Some singles will lose $8,000. Some couples will lose $14,000.
Many of these pensioners are on super incomes of as low as $15,000.
First Tony Abbott tried to cut pension indexation for everyone – cuts he has spent the last year defending as ‘fair and reasonable’.
This would have left pensioners as much as $80 a week worse off within a decade.
Now the Greens have joined Tony Abbott’s betrayal.
As the local member for Ballarat I will continue to stand up for local pensioners.
Because it is clear that Tony Abbott still has more in store – he still wants to raise the pension age to 70.
It is now absolutely clear that there is only one party that will stand up for pensioners: the Labor Party.
Only Labor will protect the pension, and only Labor will fight for pensioners.