Murray Watt (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

Just to be really clear, Senator Cash, on these numbers, you're saying that the original proposal that was voted for last night by the government and One Nation would have transferred 960 current recipients of the bereavement allowance to Newstart or another form of payment which was a lower form of payment, so—let's just be frank—they would have been worse off. There would be another 30 who would miss out on any payment altogether, so they'd be worse off still. The result of this amendment, you're saying, will essentially maintain the payment that 960 people would have received in the form of a bereavement allowance. They might be getting something different now, but the dollars that they get in their pocket will be the same as what they would have received yesterday, the day before—is that correct?