Jenny Macklin (Jagajaga, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Minister for Families and Payments) Share this | Hansard source

Last month, I received an email from a grandparent carer, Rita Beckman. She wrote, 'I feel highly insulted by the condescending attitude of the Minister for Social Services.' Rita will be 78 when her granddaughter turns 13, when she will face cuts to family tax benefits. She writes, 'I do not wish to complain as I love having this little girl in my life, but how can anyone possibly think an employer would take me on.' Will the minister now drop his unfair cuts to grandparent carers? (Time expired)

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