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

In Committee


Rachel Siewert

Rachel Siewert WA, Australian Greens

6:27 pm

I think I am having a groundhog day. This is exactly what was happening during estimates the other day when I was asking a question! I accept now that they are guidelines, not policy—but that is not what I was asking. I am asking whether lump sum payments are allowed in exceptional circumstances, or if they are not now but have been. I will ask another question while I am on my feet: under these guidelines that have been operating from the beginning of January, how many people have used the guidelines under special circumstances to request a lump sum payment?

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