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Greens spokesperson on Community Services, Senator Rachel Siewert, speaks to the Senate about planned cuts to parenting payments and the impact on families.

Australian Greens Senator Rachel Siewert speaks to the media in Canberra today after the Government's marine parks announcement.

Senator Siewert has today commented on moves to place over 122,000 single parents on Newstart.

Senator Siewert used Senate Estimates to estabilsh that a large number of single parents are already working, and that implications that parents don't want to work seeks only to "demonise" them.

Greens Senator Rachel Siewert spoke to ABC Radio's PM program on Thurdaday to discuss Coalition comments on entitlement to income support payments.

Rachel has been living on Newstart Allowance for a week and speaking to a range of people to get a better understanding of the challenges faced by unemployed Australians.

For more information, visit Rachel's Newstart Campaign.