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

In the primary legislation, the capacity exists to enable a waiving or a suspension of the new arrival waiting period for those people that are residents and on the pathway to becoming Australian citizens that are currently undertaking their waiting period so they are able to get access to the jobseeker payment, and everything that goes with it, in the same way as any other jobseeker. That exists in the primary legislation. This regulation will enable changes to be made outside of that. So that actually is contained in the primary legislation already.