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

My question is to the Minister for Families and Social Services, Senator Ruston. Minister, next month, when there will be 1.8 million people on the JobSeeker payment and youth allowance, the government will cut the coronavirus supplement by $300 a fortnight. Last week, Treasury predicted that the effective unemployment rate will hit 13 per cent by the end of the year. How many people are expected to default on their mortgage and be in rental stress when, firstly, the supplement is reduced by $300 a fortnight in September and, secondly, if the JobSeeker rate goes back to $40 a day in December?