Senate debates
Thursday, 7 September 2023
Bills
Ending Poverty in Australia (Antipoverty Commission) Bill 2023; Second Reading
9:24 am
Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source
The agenda was set by the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee. This is a Johnny-come-lately proposal that will have no influence on the government's consideration of these issues.
The Greens political body should take a constructive approach. Of course, it's the same approach that the Greens political party takes on housing: blocking legislation that the government has a mandate for. I saw over the course of the weekend, just as a symbol of this, in Redfern small teams—not a lot of them—of Greens doorknockers. What were they doing?
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