Senate debates Bills

Social Security and Other Legislation Amendment (Technical Changes No. 2) Bill 2025; In Committee


Penny Allman-Payne

Penny Allman-Payne Queensland, Australian Greens

12:09 pm

Minister, there's a difference between 'spoke to' and 'consulted with'. 'Consultation' implies that there's a two-way flow of information and feedback is taken on board. 'Spoken to' implies that you simply told them you were doing it. I certainly stood up at a press conference today where ACOSS expressed huge concerns over schedule 5. It was actually calling on the government to remove schedule 5 from this particular bill and to subject it to scrutiny. In those consultations, were EJA and ACOSS supportive of the insertion of schedule 5?

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