Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

In answer to your last question: yes, I can. Certainly the definitions will be clearly outlined in the Social security guide. There will also be working examples that people can use. Particularly in the early stages, as people are transitioning to this different way of reporting, we will make sure there are adequate resources if people wish to speak to somebody about what their pay period is. To be clear, it's not the number of days worked; it's the period of employment on the payslip. All of the detail around the definitions around these will be included in the guide. In doing so, the reason we want it in the guide as opposed to the primary legislation is to give that flexibility, because we do understand there will be special circumstances along the lines that you've just mentioned—irregularity of work, people who may be paid on an ad hoc basis, people who may not be paid until the end of the month, et cetera. We're very keen to make sure we've got the flexibility to deal with those issues.