Senate debates

Thursday, 12 February 2009

Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 1) 2008-2009; Appropriation (Nation Building and Jobs) Bill (No. 2) 2008-2009; Household Stimulus Package Bill 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians Bill 2009; Tax Bonus for Working Australians (Consequential Amendments) Bill 2009; Commonwealth Inscribed Stock Amendment Bill 2009

In Committee

12:49 pm

Photo of Nick SherryNick Sherry (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Minister for Superannuation and Corporate Law) Share this | Hansard source

Madam Chair, Senator Abetz is right to the extent that we are dealing with a specific amendment relating to the single-income family bonus, but I contend that it is relevant to look at the various circumstances of people who will receive a single-income family bonus and its level. In looking at the circumstances of individuals who would receive a single-income family bonus, it is very obvious to me that there would be many people in the context of their housing—

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