Greens Celebrate End Of Harmful Sanctions To Single Parents
Wednesday, 1 April 2020, 8:27 am Press Release: Green Party
The Green Party are welcoming the scrapping of Section
70a of the Social Security Act which saw single parents lose
income support when the other parent isn’t
named.
The repealing of this sanction that comes into
effect today was announced in the 2019 Wellbeing
Budget.
“Today we see the ditching of a measure that
pushed struggling single parents further into
poverty.
“That income penalty that was previously
enforced meant for many the difference between a meal or
not. It defined whether kids went hungry that
day.
“It caused enormous harm and I am so glad to
see it relegated to the history books.
“The Green
Party have long called for this harsh penalty to be
dropped.
“It made no sense and was law embedded in
misogyny, as we know most of those affected by this penalty
were women. The evidence was clear that the sanction did not
achieve what it set out to do.
“Hopefully single
parents struggling financially can better support their
families, particularly during such a particularly tumultuous
time.”
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