Greens amendments defeated as Chafta legislation passes the lower house,Labor launches a current policy on the sharing economy and the Coalition’s internal debate approximately marriage equality gets a blustery moment wind. All the developments from Canberra, live 2.40am BSTI mentioned earlier on today that Greens senator Rachel Siewart was trying in community affairs estimates to derive to the bottom of technical analysis by officials approximately the impact of the government’s current family benefits changes. It was heavy going. She’s sent me this brief statement.
Rachel Siewart136000 single parents caring for teenagers will have their FTB B payment cut as a result of the government’s cuts to family benefits. These cuts will make life remarkably harder for families struggling to derive by. It beggars belief that the government is so insistent on finding budget savings amongst our most vulnerable. The department was painfully opaque approximately my requests to derive analysis of the measure that separates the FTB B cuts from the childcare package. It is vital that we learn the impact of the proposed changes on single parents for both those who will not derive the benefit of proposed childcare spending and those who will. The two components must be separated because not everyone will be putting their children in childcare. Anyone with kids aged 13 to 16 knows it can be some of the most expensive years as a parent. It’s when growing teens are raiding the fridge, or growing,fitting more invested in hobbies and school supplies can derive costly. Single parents and their families should not be subject to more cuts, they’re who we should be supporting. 2.35am BSTThe House is voting on the Chafta legislation now. The Greens amendments have been defeated. Here comes the final vote. There she blows.
The legislation has passed the lower house.
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Source: theguardian.com