Jan McLucas (Queensland, Australian Labor Party, Parliamentary Secretary for Disabilities and Carers) Share this | Hansard source

This Families, Housing, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs and Other Legislation Amendment (Election Commitments and Other Measures) Bill delivers on three of the government's import­ant election commitments: improving sup­port for families, improving the delivery of the baby bonus for new parents, and better supporting pensioners who work. There is also a schedule that I am particularly interested in, and that is scheduled 4, which provides some amendment to payments for those people who were affected by thalido­mide, a group of people that I have been associated with for a period of time. I commend the bill to the Senate.

Question agreed to.

Bill read a second time.