Senator SIEWERT (Western Australia—Australian Greens Whip) (15:55): I wish to inform the chamber that Senator McCarthy and Senator Marielle Smith will also sponsor this motion. I also seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 207, concerning jobseekers. The DEPUTY PRESIDENT: Have the amendments been circulated? Senator SIEWERT: I understood that they had. It's purely to put it in the past tense, because these were carried over from last time. Leave granted. Senator SIEWERT: I amend the motion by omitting paragraph (a) and substituting 'acknowledges October 14 to 17 was Anti-Poverty Week 2019'. I, and also on behalf of Senator McCarthy and Senator Marielle Smith, move the motion as amended: That the Senate— (a) acknowledges October 14 to 17 was Anti-Poverty Week 2019; (b) notes that the Anglicare Jobs Availability Snapshot 2019 found that: (i) one in seven jobseekers have barriers to work such as age, disability and education level, (ii) it is taking people an average of five years to find work, (iii) there are at least five jobseekers who do not have qualifications or work experience competing for each job at their skill level, and (iv) there are 1.16 million people who are underemployed in Australia; (c) notes that there are over 200,000 people living on Newstart who are sick or disabled; (d) acknowledges that poverty is a barrier to employment, and there are many unemployed and underemployed people in Australia struggling to get by on the current rate of Newstart; and (e) calls on the Federal Government to adequately support people to find employment by immediately increasing Newstart and Youth Allowance. Question agreed to.