Nick Xenophon (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

We are about to go to senators' statements, but I want to ask a question about a point that was put to me in a very powerful, poignant way by one of the people that I met in Ceduna on 2 October. This person had never been on welfare for 40 years. They had fallen on hard times and needed welfare, needed that support. They had paid their taxes for 40 years or so and they felt a level of stigma in having such a card and that they would have to go to a panel to get approval for some pre-existing payments they had to make. Perhaps we could address that when we get back to this bill.

Progress reported.