Hon CARMEL SEPULONI: I've never shied away from saying that there is more to do to address income adequacy in the welfare system, but it is important to note that we have already made a number of enduring changes, including lifting all main benefits by $25, indexing main benefits to wages, removing punitive sanctions that impact on children, and increasing the amount you can earn whilst on benefit. If I only refer to sole parents on benefit, under this Government, 85,000 sole parents on benefit are actually better off, on average, by $101 per week, and that isn't including the winter energy payment.