Senate debates
Monday, 23 March 2020
Bills
Assistance for Severely Affected Regions (Special Appropriation) (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill 2020, Structured Finance Support (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill 2020, Appropriation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020, Appropriation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill (No. 2) 2019-2020, Boosting Cash Flow for Employers (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill 2020; In Committee
8:50 pm
Kristina Keneally (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Deputy Leader of the Opposition in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source
Just to clarify, then—and I thank the minister for that answer—the special benefit, as I understand it, applies to people with a residency requirement of two or four years. So what this amendment would do is allow people who have not been here for that period of time to perhaps, if you make a regulation, to access income support? Is that one of the ways this is varied?
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