More money earlier: Greens launch plan to lower age pension age back to 65 and increase pension rate
Greens Welfare spokesperson Senator Janet Rice and Queensland Lead Senate candidate Penny Allman-Payne will today in Brisbane announce the Greens’ fully-costed plan to return the retirement age back down from 67 to 65 and grant every Australian Earlier Access to the Age Pension.
This comes in addition to the Greens' recently announced commitment to raise the rate of the pension to $88 a day.