Eric Abetz (Tasmania, Liberal Party, Minister for Fisheries, Forestry and Conservation) Share this | Hansard source

So there I was on Thursday, sitting patiently at estimates waiting for Senator Wong to ask a question to prove her point: how many people have received two-month non-payment penalties under the new Welfare to Work regime. Guess what? The question never came, because the answer is not 18,000, nor is it 11,000, nor is it 5,000—not even 1,000. No, it was just 650 per month, just six per cent—