Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Chair, just before we suspended for the dinner break, Senator Siewert asked me whether I had any further information about the six per cent. Senator Siewert, as I indicated to you, the 94 per cent—and I actually managed to do the maths for the remaining six per cent—related to a comparative analysis between those people under 18-years of age who were paid by instalment from February to April and the 16 per cent who were paid by instalments from 2005-06. So it is 16 per cent against 94 per cent. My notional six per cent is probably accurate, but I do not have a further breakdown of that. I am not sure whether you require that in terms of family violence or any of those sorts of things, which is what I thought might be of interest to you. All I have to hand is that that was in the context of a differential between 2005-06 and now. A very small number of people received the instalment then against the 94 per cent who are receiving it now. As you can understand from the legislation, it will soon be 100 per cent.