Chris Bowen (McMahon, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Treasurer) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Treasurer. Michelle Grattan reports today that it was the Treasurer's idea to hold people with disability to ransom. She says:

… there had been some resistance from the Prime Minister’s Office (PMO) to the timing of announcing it.

And, again:

… Morrison, for whatever reason, was insistent.

Did the Treasurer have the support of the Prime Minister and the Minister for Social Services in making his announcement, or has he just been thrown under the omnibus?

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