Louise Pratt (WA, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Manufacturing) Share this | Hansard source

Minister, in the context of your powers to raise the Newstart rate, you said that you didn't want to overstep the discretionary—sorry, the JobSeeker—

Senator Ruston interjecting—

No, no, I understand that; the parliament has the powers to do that, and the government has the powers to make the suggestion to do that. Can you explain to me the process, please, for raising the rate of JobKeeper substantively?