Penny Allman-Payne (Queensland, Australian Greens) Share this | Hansard source

My question is to the Minister representing the Minister for Social Services. Minister, the robodebt royal commission was meant to mark the end of the government's war on people living in in poverty, but, over two years later, the government still hasn't fully implemented the commission's recommendations and continues to oversee a social security system that punishes people for being poor, treats the vulnerable like criminals and routinely breaches the law without consequence. Nothing can truly make up for the harms and the lives lost because of robodebt, but brave advocates, like Jenny Miller and Kath Madgwick, who join us in the gallery today, continue to fight to ensure no more tragedies occur and that our social safety net supports people rather than punishes them. Minister, how much longer will Kath and Jenny have to wait before the government fulfils its promise to stop chasing old welfare debts and reinstates the six-year limitation on debt recovery as the royal commission intended?