Senate debates
Tuesday, 8 December 2020
Questions without Notice
JobSeeker Payment
2:12 pm
Jenny McAllister (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Cabinet Secretary) Share this | Hansard source
Following the initial reduction of the coronavirus supplement, an ACOSS survey found in September that 80 per cent of respondents would skip meals and reduce their intake of fresh fruit and vegetables. How many children will be forced to skip meals and miss out on fresh fruit and vegetables because the Morrison government is refusing to grant a permanent increase to JobSeeker for their parents?
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