Transcripts by The Hon Christian Porter
Productivity Report Review of NDIS Costs
E&OE Subjects: Productivity Report Review of NDIS Costs ANDREW PROBYN: Minister, let’s look at the ambition of the NDIS. It’s meant to have 475,000 people…
No Jab No Pay
E&OE Subjects: No Jab, No Pay PRESENTER: Thousands more parents across Australia will be denied Centrelink payments if they refuse to immunise their children. Minister…
Doorstop interview, Introduction of Legislation – No Jab, No Pay; Child support reforms; housing reforms; energy
E&OE MINISTER PORTER: Thank you for being here this morning. The Government’s making a number of announcements around further reforms to the welfare system and…
No Jab, No Pay; Energy policy
E&OE Subjects: No Jab, No Pay; Energy policy KIERAN GILBERT: First though, the Government ramping up its No Jab, No Pay policy, with new laws…
NJNP, REDRESS
E&OE PRESENTER: Now, the No Jab, No Pay immunisation policy is being altered, with new legislation being introduced today. MICHAEL ROWLAND: Yes, under the changes,…
No Jab, No Pay; Cashless Welfare Card; Redress
E&OE SABRA LANE: The Federal Government is strengthening its No Jab, No Pay rules. Today, it’s introducing a Bill into Parliament to deduct family payments…
No Jab, No Pay, Medicare Doctors’ visits
E&OE DAVID KOCH: The Turnbull Government is taking stronger action to encourage parents to vaccinate their children. Welfare payments will now be cut by $28…
Bankstown Press Conference – Drug Testing Trial
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing; cashless debit card; MINISTER PORTER: I’m here with the Human Services Minister and David Coleman, the Member for Banks, and we’re…
Logan Press Conference – Drug Testing Trial
E&OE Subjects: Drug testing MINISTER PORTER: I would like to start off by thanking you Bert – so we’ve been in consultation with Bert for…
ABC News Breakfast
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing; Citizenship; Australia Day MICHAEL ROWLAND: Now, as we’ve been reporting this morning, the Federal Government is today announcing the trial sites…
Sunrise
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing NATALIE BARR: The Federal Government will target Western Sydney with its plan to drug test new job seekers. The random drug…
Sky News – AM Agenda
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing KIERAN GILBERT: Welfare recipients in Sydney’s southwest could be randomly tested for drugs from the start of next year; the Turnbull…
ABC – 7.30
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing LEIGH SALES: The first of three locations for a controversial trial to drug test welfare recipients was announced today in Western…
ABC – AM
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing; Citizenship. SABRA LANE: The Canterbury Bankstown area, in south-western Sydney, has been chosen as the first location for the Federal Government’s…
2GB – The Alan Jones Breakfast Show
E&OE Subjects: Drug Testing Trial ALAN JONES: Well, Christian Porter is a West Australian Cabinet Minister and he’s the Social Services Minister. Today, he’ll go…
The Today Show
E&OE Subjects: North Korea; Drug Testing KARL STEFANOVIC: Let’s get a reaction to that now. Government Minister, Christian Porter, joins us. Good morning to you,…
2GB – The Ray Hadley Morning Show
E&OE Subjects: Citizenship; NDIS; Cashless Welfare Card RAY HADLEY: Well, it’s a bit of a mine field – the National Insurance Disability Scheme – and…
Radio interview, ABC AM
E&OE SABRA LANE: The Government will introduce a suite of bills into parliament today, reflecting a number of major welfare changes announced in the May…
6PR – mornings with Gareth Parker
E&OE GARETH PARKER: Christian Porter, the federal Social Services Minister is my guest – we’re talking the NDIS. Christian, good morning to you. MINISTER PORTER:…
Mornings with Ray Hadley – 2GB
E&OE RAY HADLEY: Minister, good morning. MINISTER PORTER: G’day Ray, how are you? RAY HADLEY: Not bad. Look, we’ve got all these problems – you’ve…
Radio interview, 6PR
E&OE Subjects: NDIS/Budget GARETH PARKER: Good morning to you Christian. MINISTER PORTER: Morning Gareth. GARETH PARKER: I just want to play you a bit of…
Radio interview, NDIS
E&OE RAY HADLEY: I spoke in great detail yesterday about the potential for the NDIS to be exploited. Now, the $22 billion National Insurance Disability…
Doorstop interview, NDIS
E&OE MINISTER PORTER: Thanks everyone for being here this morning. I just wanted to make a few comments about the National Disability Insurance Scheme. We…
Welfare measures laid out in the Federal Budget
EMMA ALBERICI: Christian Porter is the Federal Minister for Social Services and he joins me now from Canberra. Christian Porter, many thanks for your time.…
The Federal Budget and how it will impact welfare recipients
PATRICIA KARVELAS: So $15 billion extra dollars – that’s the updated cost of the Government’s company tax plan. The more expensive end of the scheme…