Senate debates
Thursday, 10 May 2018
Questions without Notice
Pensions and Benefits
2:26 pm
Concetta Fierravanti-Wells (NSW, Liberal Party, Minister for International Development and the Pacific) Share this | Hansard source
As I was saying, the Newstart allowance is not like a disability pension or an age pension, which is entitled to be a substitute for employed income. This is a safety net to enable people to get additional support from government to enable them to look for work. (Time expired)
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