Kevin Andrews (Menzies, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Families, Housing and Human Services) Share this | Hansard source

I refer the minister to her answer about the electorate of Wakefield. Can she confirm that it is only part of the electorate of Wakefield which is covered by the trial? I think she referred to the City of Playford. Maybe she can tell us what proportion of that electorate is covered by the trial.

Secondly, I refer her to the evidence in the recent Senate estimates that the government had received advice as early as January 2010 about the freezing of family benefits. I ask: why did the government choose to conceal the fact that they would perpetrate this hit against two million Australian families until after the election? And, in the context of that advice not having been made public until recently, can the minister indicate what other policy proposals are currently being or have been costed by her department? Given the change that is occurring on 1 July in relation to the Senate, I include: is the government costing any policy proposals from the Greens?

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