Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

You yourselves and many speakers today have articulated how these are unprecedented times. Quite frankly, I don't care if they didn't get it before. They probably should have got it before. They certainly should get it now. Quite frankly, it's unprecedented that you would double the jobseeker payment—not that I'm opposing that. As you know, I'm strongly supportive of it. But, for heaven's sake, these are people of low income. They should be supported. They should get access to those additional resources. If anybody needs it, it's those on low incomes.

Question negatived.