Letter | Win back the retiree vote and you win the election

By Michael O’brien
February 18 2019 - 12:00pm
CHALLENGE: Reader Michael O’Brien says Oberon's federal member Andrew Gee, the Coalition and Prime Minister Scott Morrison need to win back the retiree/senior vote. Photo: ALEX ELLINGHAUSEN
CHALLENGE: Reader Michael O’Brien says Oberon's federal member Andrew Gee, the Coalition and Prime Minister Scott Morrison need to win back the retiree/senior vote. Photo: ALEX ELLINGHAUSEN

IT now looks very likely that we will have a change in government in 2019. After Joe Hockey's changes to the assets test, which penalised all those who worked and saved for retirement, thousands flocked to independents and small parties. This wasn’t an attack on the wealthy, it was an attack on the working middle class.

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