Tony Abbott (Warringah, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Families, Community Services, Indigenous Affairs and the Voluntary Sector) Share this | Hansard source

I have three questions for the Minister for Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs. I refer the minister to the changes which this budget makes to the definition of ‘income’ for the purposes of receiving a range of benefits. My first question is: in terms of the family tax benefit, what will that change to the definition of income mean? How many people who currently get the family tax benefit will lose it? My second question is: apart from the family tax benefit, what other government measures and government benefits will be affected by this change to the definition of income? My third question is: what estimates of savings are there as a result of these changes and their impact on access to benefits? I presume the government has done these estimates.

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