Senate debates

Thursday, 10 May 2018

Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits

2:26 pm

Photo of Concetta Fierravanti-WellsConcetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source

We appreciate that some people have made the contention in relation to Newstart, but, as the Prime Minister said yesterday, we believe the setting is right. Newstart is a safety net. It's not like the disability pension or an age pension, which is entitled to be a substitute—

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