Senate debates

Thursday, 7 December 2017

Bills

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017; Second Reading

6:23 pm

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

I'm sorry this seems a bit disjointed, and I also thank Senator Cameron for clearing up the ALP's position on the government amendments. I will come to my comments on the government amendments shortly. However, I don't want to detain the chamber longer than necessary, but this is an extremely long bill—18 schedules—with a number of different things happening in the bill. I do have a few more questions around schedule 15 to do with the compliance process. The minister had been explaining the process to go through from demerit point 3 to 4, the support and the process to go through to demerit point 7 and the four weeks off. I'm trying to clarify: they re-engage and they come back to four again—that's correct, isn't it? You re-engage and you come back?

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