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

There are other examples, member for Jagajaga, of where you froze payments. So what I will say is that we on this side are about positive policies which will help people be able to get work, earn incomes, look after their kids and provide for their families. That is what we are about. We are going to deliver for those families by producing a strong economy and making sure we continue to have jobs growth so that, as was mentioned before, when people lose their job—like Sam Dastyari—they can find another one. We are going to make sure that we can continue to do that. We are going to build on the work that we are doing so that every Australian who has the opportunity to do so will be able to get work and support themselves.

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