❓ Question regarding the expansion of the Country Age Pension Fuel Card, with interjections raising concerns about potential 'pork-barrelling' and high commissions charged by service stations.
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COUNTRY AGE PENSION FUEL CARD
It was a great pleasure when the Minister for Regional Development launched the Country Age Pension Fuel Card in my electorate recently. Can the minister please outline to the house the details around the expansion of this great government service in which the government is giving something back to those who have given so much to our community? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
It was a great pleasure when the Minister for Regional Development launched the Country Age Pension Fuel Card in my electorate recently. Can the minister please outline to the house the details around the expansion of this great government service in which the government is giving something back to those who have given so much to our community? Mr B.J. GRYLLS
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I thank the member for Darling Range for the question, but more importantly for his great advocacy on behalf of seniors in his electorate. Areas in the electorate of the member for Darling Range were not included in the initial requirements for access to the Country Age Pension Fuel Card, but the member did an enormous amount of work garnering comment from his local community, bringing that back to my department and making a very strong case for their inclusion. Mr R.H. Cook : Some good pork-barrelling opportunities for you! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the member for Kwinana think this is pork-barrelling? Mr R.H. Cook : You are pork-barrelling. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question, but more importantly for his great advocacy on behalf of seniors in his electorate. Areas in the electorate of the member for Darling Range were not included in the initial requirements for access to the Country Age Pension Fuel Card, but the member did an enormous amount of work garnering comment from his local community, bringing that back to my department and making a very strong case for their inclusion. Mr R.H. Cook : Some good pork-barrelling opportunities for you! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the member for Kwinana think this is pork-barrelling? Mr R.H. Cook : You are pork-barrelling. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
I thank the member for Darling Range for the question, but more importantly for his great advocacy on behalf of seniors in his electorate. Areas in the electorate of the member for Darling Range were not included in the initial requirements for access to the Country Age Pension Fuel Card, but the member did an enormous amount of work garnering comment from his local community, bringing that back to my department and making a very strong case for their inclusion. Mr R.H. Cook : Some good pork-barrelling opportunities for you! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the member for Kwinana think this is pork-barrelling? Mr R.H. Cook : You are pork-barrelling. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr R.H. Cook : Some good pork-barrelling opportunities for you! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the member for Kwinana think this is pork-barrelling? Mr R.H. Cook : You are pork-barrelling. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the member for Kwinana think this is pork-barrelling? Mr R.H. Cook : You are pork-barrelling. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr R.H. Cook : You are pork-barrelling. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS replied: I thank the member for Darling Range for the question, but more importantly for his great advocacy on behalf of seniors in his electorate. Areas in the electorate of the member for Darling Range were not included in the initial requirements for access to the Country Age Pension Fuel Card, but the member did an enormous amount of work garnering comment from his local community, bringing that back to my department and making a very strong case for their inclusion. Mr R.H. Cook : Some good pork-barrelling opportunities for you! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the member for Kwinana think this is pork-barrelling? Mr R.H. Cook : You are pork-barrelling. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
I thank the member for Darling Range for the question, but more importantly for his great advocacy on behalf of seniors in his electorate. Areas in the electorate of the member for Darling Range were not included in the initial requirements for access to the Country Age Pension Fuel Card, but the member did an enormous amount of work garnering comment from his local community, bringing that back to my department and making a very strong case for their inclusion. Mr R.H. Cook : Some good pork-barrelling opportunities for you! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the member for Kwinana think this is pork-barrelling? Mr R.H. Cook : You are pork-barrelling. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr R.H. Cook : Some good pork-barrelling opportunities for you! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the member for Kwinana think this is pork-barrelling? Mr R.H. Cook : You are pork-barrelling. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Does the member for Kwinana think this is pork-barrelling? Mr R.H. Cook : You are pork-barrelling. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr R.H. Cook : You are pork-barrelling. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That would be the member for Kwinana suggesting that disability pensioners across regional Western Australia should not have access to the $500 fuel card to enable them to travel to meet their requirements. It seems that it is okay if one is a disability pensioner in Kwinana, because they have access to good public transport, but if it is in the regions it is bad luck! The new Liberal–National government is not like that. We are about providing equity across the length and breadth of Western Australia. Our focus on the regions will not be diminished by the negativity expressed by members like the member for Kwinana. I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
I will talk about the four new categories of eligibility for the pension fuel card: Centrelink disability support pension, Centrelink carer payment, Centrelink widow B pension and Centrelink wife pension. This essentially means that all pensioners on fixed incomes in regional Western Australia will be eligible for the Country Age Pension Fuel Card and the Disability Pension Fuel Card. It is a very important extension of the scheme. We recognise that if someone is on a fixed income without access to public transport, it can be a great impost on their daily life, and we have been very happy to have the very strong feedback from the disability support sector, carers and people who receive this pension, as well as all the age pensioners who were eligible in the first year of the program. Up until 31 March, 27 930 card holders had received the Country Age Pension Fuel Card. With the new categories that have been included, a further 15 000 country pensioners will become eligible. The break-up of this is around 14 700 under the new pension categories—disability pensioner, carer, widow B and wife—and the four new postcodes, which are in the electorate of the member for Darling Range, adds about 300 recipients to the number of recipients. Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr M.P. Murray : What commission is paid on the cards at the service station? It is as high as 25 per cent! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : That is up to the individual service station. We have been very happy with the take-up across the state by service stations who understand the importance of this card — Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr M.P. Murray : It is not going into the pockets of the pensioners. The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
The SPEAKER : Order! Member! Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr M.P. Murray : It is going into the pockets of the service stations! The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
The SPEAKER : Order! Member for Collie–Preston, you know the rules in this place. I will give you the opportunity to ask the question but not to continue to interject. I formally call you for the first time. Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : We have been very grateful that small businesses across the state that are fuel outlets have taken up the opportunity to accept the pensioner fuel card. It does require an extra degree of governance at the counter, where pensioners have to present their pensioner concession card as well as their fuel card. Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr M.P. Murray : Rip off! Absolute rip off! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : If the member for Collie–Preston wants to raise with me concerns about individual — Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr M.P. Murray : Twenty-five per cent! It is not going into the pockets of pensioners! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : Listen! The member should listen! If the member wishes to raise with me individual concerns about fuel outlets, which I assume are in his electorate, we will investigate them. We have been very happy to do that, but as usual the member for Collie–Preston is more than happy to raise interjections across the chamber but will not do the hard work in his electorate to benefit the people that this project will look after. Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr M.P. Murray : You do not even know where Collie is! Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
Mr B.J. GRYLLS : The member for Collie can wait for tomorrow! The member for Collie will again be one of the people cheering from that side of the house about what will happen for his electorate under the budget. The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
The pensioner fuel card benefit has now been extended to 43 000 pensioners in regional Western Australia. It is a very important project to provide a level of equity to those who do not have access to the extensive public transport system in the metropolitan area. For a cost of around $20 million a year to provide such an important benefit to all of those 43 000 pensioners who live in the regions this is yet another example of the strong focus on regional Western Australia of the Liberal–National government.
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