Tammy Tyrrell (Tasmania, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

I received correspondence from the former minister, who stated, 'Extending the multiple birth allowance would represent a significant increase in family assistance expenditure and would need to be balanced against other priorities to align with the government's responsible management of the budget.' Minister, am I correct in understanding that the government's current position is that 98 per cent of multiple births should be ineligible for multiple birth allowance because it would be expensive to support them?