Senate debates
Monday, 31 August 2020
Bills
Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020; Second Reading
9:04 pm
Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source
I move:
At the end of the motion, add:
", but the Senate calls on the Government to:
(a) end its plans to reduce the coronavirus supplement by $300 a fortnight which will cause millions of Australians to fall below the poverty line;
(b) continue to provide the current $550 coronavirus supplement throughout the pandemic to ensure unemployed Australians receive adequate support;
(c) commit to a permanent and adequate increase to Jobseeker Payment that allows unemployed Australians to live above the poverty line".
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