Opposition Members:

Opposition members interjecting—

Those opposite are not interested in this conversation. This is a process where you deal with people who are interested in policy. Those opposite have demonstrated in the last 24 hours on other matters—on the pension—that they are only interested in politics. It is all about the politics; it is never about the policy.

But on the matters that the member raised: I repeat—job seekers in streams B or C with a Job Active provider are not included in these measures. Disability employment service participants are not included in this measure. Parents with 35 per cent or more care for a child are not included in these measures. Young people leaving state care are not included in these measures. People with an activity test exemption are not included in this measure for the duration of that exemption, which includes pregnant women and people testing their eligibility for disability support pension. People who are unable to go back home, where they have a genuine and good reason why they cannot go home and seek the support of their family during that period, are not included in this measure.

In addition to that, there is $8.4 million in funding for emergency relief that will be made available to provide assistance to those affected by the measure will experience hardship. Those opposite are not interested in the substance of this debate. They are interested in their political campaigns, trying to resurrect a flagging leader who has shown appalling policy judgement, and it turns out that he has shown pretty appalling political judgement too, if the last 24 hours are any measure of his political abilities!

This is a Leader of the Opposition who one day wants to know everything about turn backs and the next day cannot even ask a question on them. This is a Leader of the Opposition who one day wants to maintain a campaign on—

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