Senate debates Families, Community Services and Indigenous Affairs Legislation Amendment (Child Support Reform Consolidation and Other Measures) Bill 2007

In Committee


Nigel Scullion

Nigel Scullion NT, Country Liberal Party, Minister for Community Services

6:20 pm

On the first aspect of the question from Senator Stott Despoja, I understand the baby bonus came in about July 2004, or the maternity payment as it was called then. Since then, not as a minister but as an individual, I listened carefully to my electorate of the Northern Territory. Pretty much every time this was debated, young people—and other vulnerable demographics, but particularly young people—were identified. Certainly the group I was hearing about was those under 18. I know the senator comes from a very different part of the world in some senses—

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