Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

So I can be clear, and to save you some additional work later on and while you are finding these figures, I want to go back to the issue of those on Newstart and those in particular who have been on Newstart for the long term or who are long-term unemployed. I am trying to work out how many Australians in that group of people will not be receiving any form of support through this package. I want to be clear that that is the information I am trying to find. I would like you to provide some information on that. I want those other figures because I think it will be useful for us to know who is being helped. I am trying to work out clearly how many Australians will not be receiving support through this package, bearing in mind that we are talking about people who are trying to survive on an income, if they are single, of just over $224 a week. I am trying to find out those exact figures. To date we have not been able to get access to that information and identify that accurately.