Carol Brown (Tasmania, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Infrastructure and Regional Tourism) Share this | Hansard source

A letter has been received from Senator Siewert:

Pursuant to standing order 75, I propose that the following matter of public importance be submitted to the Senate for discussion:

That Newstart is no longer a transition payment and people receiving Newstart and Youth Allowance are living in poverty.

Is the proposal supported?

More than the number of senators required by the standing orders having risen in their places—