Ms Camille Loftus:

Ms O’Connor’s point about trust is important in this regard. The three previous Governments broke down people’s trust in the system’s ability to deliver services which were of use to them. People prefer the money in their pocket because they know they can bank on it. Accordingly, there is a real challenge to deliver the services that will make a real difference in people’s lives. It is not an easy challenge but an important one to step up to.

Regarding Senator Moloney’s question on the Mangan report, each of the member organisations of the coalition made separate submissions to the report. The broad thrust of each of them, however, is that we are in favour of a restructured system of child income support that delivers more progressive outcomes, that family income support needs to be in place and more needs to be invested in-----