Senate debates

Monday, 7 December 2020

Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits

2:12 pm

Photo of Simon BirminghamSimon Birmingham (SA, Liberal Party, Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

I thank the senator for her question. As Senator Ruston has made clear time and time again, the government is always willing to respond in confidence in relation to individual cases to ensure that they are treated appropriately and assessed and handled appropriately. When senators come in here with these sorts of questions, it's difficult to respond to the personal circumstances without the full details. However, in relation to all of these matters, the government has worked through them. It has worked through the different issues in relation to the debts that were raised and has provided—

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