Linda Burney (Barton, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

You might think it's funny, but people who are unemployed won't, friend. They just won't. So I suggest that you listen to what I've got to say. What does it say about this Prime Minister? Let's reflect on what this amendment will actually do. It will allow the minister to continue paying the coronavirus supplement after March next year. By refusing to accept this amendment, the government is saying that they do not even want the option of helping people who have lost their jobs. He is not the daggy dag he pretends to be—quite the opposite. This is another chance for the government to do the right thing, and, yet again, they have done the wrong thing by the Australians who need them the most.

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