Carbon tax price rises covered for
supperannuitants
Pete Hodgson, Convenor of the Ministerial
Group on Climate Change, today reiterated that those on
fixed incomes, including supperannuitants, have their
benefits adjusted to take into account any moves in the cost
of living.
He made the statement in response to Grey Power
and emphasised that adjustments would take into account any
price effects arsing from the introduction of the carbon tax
in 2007.
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