Senate debates Questions without Notice

Gas Industry: Taxation


Penny Allman-Payne

Penny Allman-Payne Queensland, Australian Greens

2:37 pm

Minister, the Reserve Bank governor has admitted that the Australian economy requires a level of unemployment to keep downward pressure on inflation. Given that unemployment is baked into the economy, how can the government defend letting people on poverty-level welfare payments die at almost 10 times the rate of everyone else?

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