House debates

Thursday, 28 June 2018

Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits

2:43 pm

Photo of Emma HusarEmma Husar (Lindsay, Australian Labor Party) Share this | | Hansard source

My question is to the Prime Minister. Will the Prime Minister tell 67-year-old Jacqueline, from my electorate of Lindsay in Western Sydney, who is also a grandmother of three, why she's been forced to wait five months for her pension application to be processed? Why is this Prime Minister doing everything he can to support an $80 billion tax handout, while making older Australians like Jacqueline wait so long?

Photo of Malcolm TurnbullMalcolm Turnbull (Wentworth, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | | Hansard source

I thank the honourable member for her question. If her constituent Jacqueline has been waiting that long to get an application processed then I'd ask her to give me the details of her constituent, and we'll make sure that her application is processed in due time.