Nita Green (Queensland, Australian Labor Party) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston: Australians are living through the worst recession since the Great Depression almost a century ago. Today's national accounts show household spending has collapsed, and we have record high unemployment, with one million Australians out of work and 400,000 more expected to lose their job by Christmas. Isn't this the worst time to be cutting back support?