Janet Rice (Victoria, Australian Greens) | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services. The rate of JobSeeker is way below the poverty line and has been that way for a decade under the previous Liberal government. Your own Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee said that it was seriously inadequate. Why didn't you listen to that committee and commit to 'a substantial increase in the base rates of the JobSeeker payment and related working-age payments' as a first priority, rather than implementing the totally inadequate increase that is essentially just a continuation of Liberal Party policy?