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

I rise to express the Greens' support for this. I wish that the motion would go further; we actually need to articulate that there needs to be a continuation of the coronavirus supplement because the pandemic isn't over. Therefore, the government is not doing what—

Senator Ruston interjecting—

You're cutting it! You are cutting it! So, while we're supporting it, we think it should go further and say that the supplement needs to be kept on at $550 a fortnight.

Question negatived.