Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Link to this | Hansard source

by leave—I move:

That the following matter be referred to the Community Affairs References Committee for inquiry and report by 26 November 2014:

(a) the extent of income inequality in Australia and the rate at which income inequality is increasing in our community;

(b) the impact of income inequality on access to health, housing, education and work in Australia, and on the quality of the outcomes achieved;

(c) the specific impacts of inequality on disadvantaged groups within the community, including Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples, older job seekers, people living with a disability or mental illness, refugees, single parents, those on a low income, people at risk of poverty in retirement as well as the relationship between gender and inequality;

(d) the likely impact of Government policies on current and future rates of inequality particularly the changes proposed in the 2014-15 Budget;

(e) the principles that should underpin the provision of social security payments in Australia; and

(f) the practical measures that could be implemented by Governments to address inequality, particularly appropriate and adequate income support payments.

Question agreed to.