Senate debates

Tuesday, 20 March 2018

Bills

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

5:54 pm

Photo of Pauline HansonPauline Hanson (Queensland, Pauline Hanson's One Nation Party) Share this | Hansard source

If you look at the government's amendment, at 567FB, you see that the daily rate of a person's youth allowance on the relevant day was times 14, for the 14 weeks, and it was double that amount. Under the amendment that I have put forward, under 567FB, it would be the daily rate of youth allowance on the relevant day times 14, times seven. So the amendment that I am putting up has increased it considerably. The same is relevant to 660LI. It is the daily rate of a person's jobseeker payment on the relevant day, times 14, by two, under the government. Under my amendment, it would be the daily rate of a person's jobseeker payment on the relevant day by 14 by 4½ times. So it is a lot more for the person.

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