Senate debates Bills
Social Services Legislation Amendment (Welfare Reform) Bill 2017; In Committee
Michaelia Cash WA, Liberal Party, Minister for Jobs and Innovation
9:17 pm
The government will be opposing these amendments. This is unnecessary and would weaken the deterrence effect of penalties for those persistently non-compliant jobseekers who are deliberately not meeting their requirements while on payment, despite being fully capable. This would effectively be reproducing waivers, which are a significant problem with the current compliance framework and one of the key reasons why we're proposing a new framework.
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