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

I appreciate that, Minister. We're getting people, as I said, ringing up and saying that it's difficult to respond. So we'll take those on notice and go straight to you. Thank you. Can I also confirm the issue around income reporting that was suspended during that very intense period of Centrelink being swamped? My understanding was that people did try to report their debts. I'm aware that a number of people did—a number of people did and it was not successful. Again, I've had people come to me and say they've now had a debt notice, which actually seemed quite quick. Other people have said, 'Well, we're really, really anxious that we're going to get a debt notice.' So there are a couple who have, but there are a lot of people that are anxious. My understanding is that, during that period where they couldn't and they did try to report their income, they're anxious that they will get one. Can I confirm that, in fact, that is not going to be the case?