Chris Evans (WA, Australian Labor Party, Leader of the Government in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The changes that come in for this cohort of parents will put them on the same conditions as a larger cohort already on those conditions. They basically say that, when your child turns eight, you will have to be transferred onto Newstart and you will have to engage more in both seeking employment and undertaking training. Associated with these measures is an extra investment in child care of more than $200 million to assist those persons—single parents—to either get training or connect to the workforce. We have also put in place another $100 million to support the states to provide extra training opportunities. This is a package of measures designed to try and get better outcomes for the parent and the children than we were seeing in a system where they were just left on welfare. (Time expired)