Senate debates
Thursday, 16 August 2007
Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Welfare Payment Reform) Bill 2007; Northern Territory National Emergency Response Bill 2007; Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Northern Territory National Emergency Response and Other Measures) Bill 2007; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 1) 2007-2008; Appropriation (Northern Territory National Emergency Response) Bill (No. 2) 2007-2008
In Committee
11:39 pm
Nigel Scullion (NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services) Share this | Hansard source
I understand that there is some period of time during which, whilst those people may be able to demonstrate they are out of the system, because of the challenges that often that demographic have in managing lump sums of that nature it is important that those provisions continue to apply for some time after the people move out of their crisis.
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