Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source

I thank Senator Siewert for her follow-up question. We accept that the most important role that we have—and I certainly accept it as my most important role in the development of social policy—is to make sure that we make the lives of every Australian better. For somebody who hasn't got a job, obviously that is to provide the opportunity for them to get a job. Part of that is in the employment sector, where my colleague, Senator Cash, who's unfortunately not here this week, through her jobactive, is creating the opportunity for people to understand that jobs are being created in the economy and providing them pathways to get those jobs. But also, in the disability sector, one of the things we're doing as a government is investing very strongly in disability employment services to make sure that people with disability have an equally strong chance of being able to get a job and are able to participate in the economy to the level that they want to.