Senator SIEWERT (Western Australia—Australian Greens Whip) (15:56): I wish to inform the chamber that Senator Dodson will also sponsor this motion. I also seek leave to amend general business notice of motion No. 208, relating to poverty rates for First Nations peoples, along the same lines on which I amended the previous motion. 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 Dodson, move the motion as amended: (a) acknowledges October 14 to 17 was Anti-Poverty Week 2019; (b) notes that: (i) more than one-in-ten Newstart recipients are First Nations peoples, and one-in-five Youth Allowance recipients are First Nations peoples, (ii) First Nations peoples living in remote areas of Australia face significantly higher costs of living, and (iii) research by the ANU Centre for Aboriginal Economic Policy Research estimates the poverty rate for First Nations peoples is around 31%, with poverty rates stagnating in regional areas and rising in remote areas; (c) acknowledges that First Nations peoples are disengaging with the social security system because of the onerous and punitive reporting requirements attached to income support payments; and (d) calls on the Federal Government to act to reduce poverty rates for First Nations peoples by immediately increasing Newstart and Youth Allowance. Question agreed to.