Second Reading Speeches

Veterans' Entitlements Amendment (Disability, War Widow and War Widower Pensions) Bill 2007

Type
Government
Portfolio
Veterans' Affairs
Originating house
House of Representatives
Status
Act
Parliament no
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Summary

Amends the

Veterans’ Entitlements Act 1986
to: increase the rates of extreme disablement adjustment disability pension, general rate disability pension and the previously non-indexed component of war widow and widower pension; and introduces new indexation arrangements for these pensions to be indexed twice annually.

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