Sarah Hanson-Young (SA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister for Education, Senator Birmingham. The government's own figures show that almost a quarter of South Australian families, including almost 4,000 families in the Wakefield and Port Adelaide electorates—areas, of course, that are struggling with high unemployment—will be losing out as a result of the government's changes. There'll be over 3,000 families who lose out in Tasmania and tens of thousands of families in Victoria, including in Batman. Can the minister explain to these families why, during high unemployment and low wages growth, children are being punished just because both their parents can't find a secure job?