❓ Mr. Blayney asks the Premier to allow Country Age Pension Fuel Card balances to roll over to the next financial year to stimulate local economies post-COVID-19. The Premier deflects, questioning if the member is asking to change existing rules.
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QuestionView source ↗
CORONAVIRUS — COUNTRY AGE PENSION FUEL CARD
365. Mr I.C. BLAYNEY to the Premier:
I refer to a request from the Nationals WA to the Minister
for Regional Development, asking her to roll over —
The SPEAKER : Can you speak a bit louder, member?
Mr I.C. BLAYNEY : Apologies, Mr Speaker. I refer to a request
from the Nationals WA to the Minister for Regional Development, asking her to
roll over unspent Country Age Pension Fuel Card balances to next financial year
so that cardholders can help reboot their local economies. Will the Premier
assist 54 626 cardholders across the state and 3 700-odd in my electorate who
have stayed at home to stop the spread of COVID-19 so they can use unspent
funds to stay mobile, get out and spend in their communities?
365. Mr I.C. BLAYNEY to the Premier:
I refer to a request from the Nationals WA to the Minister
for Regional Development, asking her to roll over —
The SPEAKER : Can you speak a bit louder, member?
Mr I.C. BLAYNEY : Apologies, Mr Speaker. I refer to a request
from the Nationals WA to the Minister for Regional Development, asking her to
roll over unspent Country Age Pension Fuel Card balances to next financial year
so that cardholders can help reboot their local economies. Will the Premier
assist 54 626 cardholders across the state and 3 700-odd in my electorate who
have stayed at home to stop the spread of COVID-19 so they can use unspent
funds to stay mobile, get out and spend in their communities?
AnswerView source ↗
The rules around the Country Age Pension Fuel Card are
exactly as they were back when the last government was in office—exactly
as they were. Pensioners and I think some other cardholders, maybe—I
cannot quite recall, but it extends beyond
pensioners—can access the card. From memory, it is $500 per annum, and
the rules are exactly as they were
when we came to office. People can fill up their cars and drive them around if
they are outside the zones —I recall the Perth metropolitan area
and Peel and Mandurah. So, the rules are exactly as they were. Is the member
asking me to change the rules? The member opposite is moving their hand all the
time. Please, it was the member for Geraldton's question. Is he asking
me to change the rules as they were under the former government? Is that what
the member is asking me to do?
exactly as they were back when the last government was in office—exactly
as they were. Pensioners and I think some other cardholders, maybe—I
cannot quite recall, but it extends beyond
pensioners—can access the card. From memory, it is $500 per annum, and
the rules are exactly as they were
when we came to office. People can fill up their cars and drive them around if
they are outside the zones —I recall the Perth metropolitan area
and Peel and Mandurah. So, the rules are exactly as they were. Is the member
asking me to change the rules? The member opposite is moving their hand all the
time. Please, it was the member for Geraldton's question. Is he asking
me to change the rules as they were under the former government? Is that what
the member is asking me to do?
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