Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

I would like to thank the member for her question. I don't want to start in this portfolio by getting into tit-for-tat discussions with her. But, since she's come back again, I'm going to have to point out that the paid parental leave threshold was first paused in the 2011-12 budget for two years.

An honourable member: Who was in then?

I'm still a bit new in this portfolio, but I'm trying to remember who was in government then.

An honourable member: Or who was the minister.

Or who was the minister. Was it the minister who said this:

The more that people go back to work, the better. It's better for the family, it's great for the kids to see mum and or dad or both going to work. Unfortunately, we have far too many children growing up in Australia where nobody is working.

Was it the minister who moved 80,000 single parents onto Newstart? Was it that minister? I can keep going, but what I want to say to all of you—

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