Senate debates Bills

Coronavirus Economic Response Package (Jobkeeper Payments) Amendment Bill 2020; Second Reading


Rachel Siewert

Rachel Siewert WA, Australian Greens

9:04 pm

I move:

At the end of the motion, add:

", but the Senate calls on the Government to:

  (a) end its plans to reduce the coronavirus supplement by $300 a fortnight which will cause millions of Australians to fall below the poverty line;

  (b) continue to provide the current $550 coronavirus supplement throughout the pandemic to ensure unemployed Australians receive adequate support;

  (c) commit to a permanent and adequate increase to Jobseeker Payment that allows unemployed Australians to live above the poverty line".

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