Rachel Siewert (WA, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

The only payment the majority of Newstart recipients receive is the $4 energy supplement, which the government wants to cut. Thirty-eight per cent of the people receiving Newstart also receive rent assistance because they pay private rent. If the minister were paying private rent, does she think that she could survive on these three payments, which equate to about $49 a day? Could the minister live on $49 a day if she were living in private rental?