support: Senator Eric Abetz last week said there were "misgivings" after the superannuation changes laid out in the budget were not "properly ventilated" in the partyroom, but Mr Porter said the fundamentals of the policy were correct, according to Australian Broadcasting Corporation. He told the ABC the changes had the support of senior conservatives within the party. "I would count myself as a conservative in our party and a senior conservative," he said. "Scott Morrison would also count as a conservative, Mathias Cormann — we're supporters and designers of the policy. "I think the notion that somehow or other the policy doesn't have solid support is less rather than more true." Mr Porter said the policy proposal did not affect support in his own electorate, saying the number of constituents who would be affected by changes "would be able to be counted on one hand". "The policy is correct, and the policy is the policy and the policy was taken to an election and tested and we won," he said. A small group of conservative Liberal politicians have voiced concerns over the policy, which would introduce a cap of $500,000 on after-tax super contributions. Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said the Treasurer had already addressed some "technical details" about the policy and he insisted it was part of the normal process of translating a budget item into legislation. "These are very complex areas and it is important to get them right," Mr Turnbull said. That perfectly normal." Federal Opposition spokesman Jim Chalmers said the Coalition language had changed. "It was only last month that the Prime Minister was asked whether the changes to super were locked in and he said, and I quote, that they are absolutely ironclad," Mr Chalmers said. Fact check: Superannuation changes Are the Government changes to superannuation tax concessions "not at all" retrospective Leader of the House Christopher Pyne also said some of the "finer details" had to be worked out. "There going to be a party process, a Cabinet process for the superannuation changes," he told Channel Nine this morning. "The overall policy remains the same, but in framing that final policy before it goes to legislation, there may well be some tinkering around the edges.
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