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

I take it that the answer is no, they are not aware of any impact. Mr President, I have a supplementary question. In the same statement, the minister said that up to 3,000 single parents who would be moved on to Newstart have been identified as eligible for the disability or carers payments. On what basis was this calculation made? Why was this entitlement to a more appropriate payment not identified earlier? Has the government done any work to identify how many other people on the single-parent payment or Newstart payment are unaware that they are on an incorrect payment?