Senate debates
Thursday, 1 November 2012
Motions
Newstart
12:23 pm
Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
I move:
That the Senate—
(a) resolves that Newstart payments are too low and should increase by $50 per week; and
(b) calls on the Government to find an appropriate savings measure to fund this increase.
John Hogg (President) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source
The question is that the motion moved by Senator Siewert be agreed to.