Jenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Families and Payments) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Social Services. I refer to an email to the minister from a woman called Michelle from Foresters Beach. Michelle writes: 'I work full-time and I am a single parent of a 10-year-old and a 17-year-old. Your cuts will hit families like mine, and it's offensive to hear you selling the families package by demeaning recipients of these tax benefits as being unwilling to work.' Why does the minister think it is fair to take thousands of dollars from the pockets of hardworking families like Michelle's?

Mrs McNamara interjecting—

See this speech in context