Senate debates

Monday, 23 November 2015

Bills

Social Services Legislation Amendment (No Jab, No Pay) Bill 2015; In Committee

11:22 am

Photo of Mitch FifieldMitch Fifield (Victoria, Liberal Party, Manager of Government Business in the Senate) Share this | Hansard source

The advice at the moment is, 'I don't think so,' in terms of putting a pre-emptive hold on the operation of that two-week period. But I should also indicate that what is commonly known as the 'blue book' would be one source of evidence that people could provide. I do not think it is an unreasonable expectation that, in most cases, people may have that, but I obviously recognise that there can be difficult circumstances in particular households.

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