Katy Gallagher (ACT, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Finance) Share this | Hansard source

My suggestion is that the Greens and the Australian Labor Party work together to hold the government to account to permanently increase the rate of Newstart and use the powers that the parliament has given them to determine the adequate rate of the coronavirus supplement. I think that would be a much better thing to do than to get a short little buzz on Twitter by campaigning against the side of progressive politics. But we think it's up to the government to determine the rate. We think the rate should be permanently increased and we think the government need to determine what the coronavirus supplement should be. Don't let them off the hook!

Honourable senators interjecting—