Governments ought to guarantee in each finances they think about what to do for people who find themselves doing it robust, Labor chief Anthony Albanese says.
Whereas campaigning within the NSW federal seat of Hunter, Mr Albanese was requested by pensioner Fred, through a journalist, what he would do for pensioners if elected.
“Fred is somebody who, like lots of pensioners, will at all times have a very good say, is somebody who has made an awesome contribution in his working life and deserves respect and dignity in his older years,” Mr Albanese mentioned
“I’ll at all times be sympathetic to pensioners. I grew up in a family the place I survived as a toddler with a mum on an invalid pension.”
Mr Albanese reiterated that the final time Labor was in workplace, they gave the largest enhance to pensions in historical past.
“In each single finances, governments ought to think about what they will do for people who find themselves doing it robust,” he mentioned.
Labor is searching for to carry the seat of Hunter, following the retirement of veteran MP Joel Fitzgibbon, on the Might 21 federal election.
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