Senate debates

Monday, 19 March 2018

Bills

Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017; In Committee

9:42 pm

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

I've got a number of questions arising from that answer. I understood what you said earlier, in terms of the reassessment process through the first two sets of penalties, as being as they apply. If a vulnerability is established during that process, would that mean that the penalty, whether it's one week or two weeks, wouldn't apply? How will that be handled if there's a reassessment during that time? As I said, many vulnerabilities go unreported for a variety of reasons, including issues around stigma and not having the confidence that they'll be believed.

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