Kevin Rudd (Griffith, Australian Labor Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The Treasurer, the Deputy Prime Minister and I—and I believe others in response to that question—have been straight up and down about this. We have been clear-cut in our language in saying that there is a massive problem in terms of the ability of age pensioners to live on the current age pension. That is what we believe. We have said that. That is why we have a program of action to deal with it.

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