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

Mr President, I ask a supplementary question. I am presuming that the minister is aware that over 60 per cent of people on Newstart are on it for over 12 months. Is the minister confident that $145 a week will adequately offset cost increases that a job seeker living $130 below the poverty line has in housing, utilities, transport and food costs?