Hon CARMEL SEPULONI (Minister for Social Development and Employment) (remote): This Friday will see a raft of changes come into effect, including the continuation of the biggest lift to main benefits in decades. For many years, the rate of main benefit has fallen further behind the average wage, and it's placed many people, including children, in undue hardship. In addition to indexing main benefits to wage growth, we are further lifting main benefits so they don't fall further behind. The Ministry of Social Development's analysis shows that from 1 April, a couple on a benefit with children will now be, on average, $237 a week better off than they were when the Government took office in 2017. As a Government, we have worked hard to lift as many children out of poverty as possible, and while raising the level of main benefit is only one way to achieve our goal, it is an incredibly important step in the right direction. 