00:00Well I think everyone is trying to get this bill right, whether that is the
00:03government or whether that's the 120 Labour colleagues, many of whom are my
00:07friends and colleagues. The fact is we need to get this legislation right.
00:11Everyone knows that we inherited a welfare system that was broken from our
00:14predecessors, but it's right and reasonable that we look at the issues. If
00:18you read the reasoned amendment, there's actually a high degree of commonality on
00:21the principles of this legislation. There are real concerns as to how it's being
00:26implemented. That's going to be the issues that we're going to be addressing,
00:28not just at the second reading, but at each stage of the passage of the bill.
00:32Everyone agrees the system is broken. Everyone agrees that reform is needed.
00:36Everyone agrees we need to move people from welfare and into work and everyone
00:40agrees we need to protect the most vulnerable. That's the foundation on
00:43which conversations will be happening over the coming days ahead of that vote
00:47on Tuesday.
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