Tim Ayres (NSW, Australian Labor Party, Assistant Minister for Trade) Share this | Hansard source

It's hard for me to read into the mind of the author of that particular sentence that you've outlined. I'd just say that the government's position is that nothing is changing here in terms of the role of mutual obligations in the system.

The government may make changes over time, but those arrangements are undisturbed and the government is focused at this time on expanding the eligibility of the parenting payment to a broader cohort of Australians.