Senate debates

Thursday, 7 September 2023

Bills

Ending Poverty in Australia (Antipoverty Commission) Bill 2023; Second Reading

9:24 am

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

Dank memes, Senator Steele-John says. Dank memes indeed. I think that's what the old people say! The young people have moved past dank memes.

The problem for the Greens political party is that low-income Australians can't feed themselves with a poverty commission or property commissioners. The truth is that Australians who don't have access to a home can't house themselves in a slogan. They can't close the door on a meme. What Australians without homes require is a government that— (Time expired)

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