House debates
Wednesday, 10 October 2012
Questions without Notice
Family Payments
2:38 pm
Jenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Disability Reform) Share this | Hansard source
I add my congratulations to you, Madam Speaker, on your elevation. I thank the member for Petrie very much for her question and congratulate her as well, as I have many times, for the outstanding work she does for her constituents, particularly for those families which really do need that extra help. It is of course the case that 12,500 families just in the electorate of Petrie have received additional help from this government to make sure—
Mr Pyne interjecting—
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