Kerrynne Liddle (SA, Liberal Party, Shadow Minister for Indigenous Australians) Share this | Hansard source

I rise today to speak on the Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025. The coalition will support this bill in the Senate today; however, we hold concerns about certain provisions that merit closer scrutiny. At all times, we must remember that Australia's social services safety net is among the most robust and generous in the world. This system does not sustain itself. It must be carefully managed and responsibly administered because it is funded by Australian taxpayers—by the men and women who work hard, take risks and shoulder the responsibility of supporting our social security system. Few countries in the world offer a social safety net as comprehensive as Australia's. It is something we can truly take pride in but also something we must safeguard and preserve. Our social security safety net is funded by those who pay taxes—small-business owners, primary producers and frontline workers, who keep our country running. They do so because of a belief in a fair go and that one day they might need that safety net too. It is sustained by those on the frontline—the nurses working through the night, the teachers shaping young minds and the police who put themselves in harm's way to keep us safe.