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

The principle of our amendment is the same. We wanted to see the government be able to vary that assets test, in the context of doing the right thing by people during the pandemic. However, we don't want to see it deleted entirely so that an assets test waiting period does not apply on a permanent basis. We call on the government to address this issue themselves by reform of this issue in further legislation.