Dan Tehan (Wannon, Liberal Party, Minister for Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

The reason for this Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017 is that we want to simplify the complexity around Newstart and other payments, and that's what we do by creating the jobseeker payment. We are bringing seven payments into one. This was what the McClure report recommended. That is what the government are doing. We want to make sure that we have a simple welfare system that is easy for people to navigate.

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