Maurice Newman questions housing exemption from pension assets test

By Dan Harrison
Updated April 23 2014 - 11:18am, first published 10:21am
Maurice Newman, Tony Abbott's chief business adviser, has questioned whether the family home should be included in a means test to get the aged pension. Photo: AFR
Maurice Newman, Tony Abbott's chief business adviser, has questioned whether the family home should be included in a means test to get the aged pension. Photo: AFR

Prime Minister Tony Abbott's chief business adviser, Maurice Newman, has questioned whether housing should remain exempt from the assets test for the age pension.

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