Senate debates
Monday, 23 March 2020
Bills
Assistance for Severely Affected Regions (Special Appropriation) (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill 2020, Structured Finance Support (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill 2020, Appropriation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill (No. 1) 2019-2020, Appropriation (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill (No. 2) 2019-2020, Boosting Cash Flow for Employers (Coronavirus Economic Response Package) Bill 2020; In Committee
9:05 pm
Anne Ruston (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Families and Social Services) Share this | Hansard source
The provisions that are in the regulation that is before us provide broad powers so that we can monitor the situation as it moves forward. As we sit here today, I think most of the visa categories that you have outlined are not priority visa categories for us to be providing a welfare safety net for. However, in a technical sense the regulation that is before you provides the power to do so if circumstances change in the future.
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