Pensioners will be given an up-front increase to their payments as part of the Federal Government's carbon tax package.
The Government is understood to have settled on a carbon price starting at $23 per tonne, but a key focus of the plan will be household compensation.
It is expected to announce that nearly two million pensioner households will be overcompensated for the effects of the carbon tax.
The ABC understands that will leave them about $210 per year better off on average.
Pensioners will be given an up-front increase to their payments as part of the Federal Government's carbon tax package.
The Government is understood to have settled on a carbon price starting at $23 per tonne, but a key focus of the plan will be household compensation.
It is expected to announce that nearly two million pensioner households will be overcompensated for the effects of the carbon tax.
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