Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. Following that bluster, I return to the core question. I ask the minister why those people—two million people relying entirely on income support—did not get a visit from Santa Claus. In fact, they did not get a visit at all. Why have they been totally denied any improved benefits as a result of the budget? These are people raising children in the poorest circumstances in our community. You say you have done something for families—I am asking: what about those families? I would appreciate a serious answer to a serious question: why has there not been any assistance to those poorest families who live on income support?