Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

I want to make it very clear that what this amendment seeks to do has nothing to do with what Senator Pratt just alluded to: that it is somehow for me to increase the rate of JobSeeker. That is not what this amendment does. What it seeks to do is give me the power in relation to the JobSeeker supplement and it gives me the power in relation to other measures that sit around that, such as the taper rate for partner income, accessibility for different eligibility categories to be able to get access to payments and the income-free area. It does not address the rate of JobSeeker.

The CHAIR: The question is that division 2 of part 1 of schedule 1 stand as printed.