Senate debates

Thursday, 14 May 2020

Questions without Notice

COVID-19: Pensions and Benefits

2:27 pm

Photo of Kimberley KitchingKimberley Kitching (Victoria, Australian Labor Party, Shadow Assistant Minister for Government Accountability) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the minister representing the Minister for Health, Senator Cash. The only advice Minister Cormann could offer Darcy Moran, a hospitality worker suffering as a result of the Morrison government's refusal to include him and workers like him in JobKeeper was this: 'What we think would be fair to Darcy is if the state government in Victoria started easing restrictions.' Was Minister Cormann's advice—which is contrary to the decision of the national cabinet last Friday that states set out their own timetables—informed by health advice provided by the Minister for Health or his office?

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