RELIEF FOR PUBLIC SERVANTS FIRED WEEKS BEFORE QUALIFYING FOR PENSION BETWEEN 2004 AND 2014

Parliament’s Upper House has approved a resolution to benefit individuals who were fired from the public service within weeks of qualifying for a pension between 2004 and 2014.
Leader of government business Senator Mary Claire Hurst outlined how the action by the then UPP administration plunged several people into poverty.
Garfield Burford reports.