Scott Morrison (Cook, Liberal Party, Prime Minister) Share this | Hansard source

The last time that this was changed was when I was Minister for Social Services. We have had a consistency in cash rate positions for some time. In fact, it has been a record for the consistency of cash rates. There have been two changes to the cash rates most recently, and that is what prompted the Minister for Families and Social Services, with my encouragement, to bring forward a submission to the ERC and ask the Department of Social Services to review the deeming rate once again. That matter will be considered by the ERC in the normal course of events. It will be done responsibly and in accordance with the government's overall fiscal strategy.

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