Senator SIEWERT (Western Australia—Australian Greens Whip) (15:38): I, and also on behalf of Senators Brown, Urquhart, Dean Smith and Marielle Smith, move: That the Senate— (a) notes that: (i) there are thousands of grandparents across Australia taking on the primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren, (ii) as at June 2018, 50% of children in relative/kinship placements were living with their grandparents, and (iii) recent research out of Western Australia found that grandparent carers are predominantly single older women, living on low incomes, raising an average of three grandchildren; (b) recognises many grandparent carers are experiencing significant financial stress; (c) acknowledges grandparent carers who have primary responsibility for raising their grandchildren generally do not receive the same level of financial assistance as foster carers; and (d) calls on all levels of Government to work together with the goal that grandparent carers receive adequate and appropriate support payments to support the children they are caring for. Question agreed to.