Christine Milne (Tasmania, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

I ask a supplementary question, Mr President. I notice that the minister has not answered the question about whether she is ruling out increasing Newstart by $50 a week in the budget, but I ask: according to Senator Cameron, referencing former Prime Minister Bob Hawke that it is a Labor aspiration that no child should live in poverty, will the government be supporting the Greens' Caring for Single Parents Bill, to be introduced today, providing for a $40-a-week increase in payments for single parents on Newstart and increasing the income test, allowing single parents to earn more before their payments are reduced?