Leak of child benefit report
Senator Noone condemns the leaking of an unpublished child benefit report and calls for a mature discussion with the Minister before the budget.
I concur with the comments made by Senator Conway on the report on child benefit. An expert group was commissioned by the Department to make proposals in respect of child benefit that would be cost-effective, improve employment incentives and achieve better poverty outcomes, especially in the area of child poverty. It is astonishing, annoying and typical that the group's report has been leaked. The Opposition and media are engaged in the type of kite-flying they accuse the Government of practising.
Comment on this
As the report in question has not been published and is not in the public domain, I should probably not refer to it in the House.
