You need to get out more, treasurer told

Social Services Minister Christian Porter has used singer-songwriter Shannon Noll's first big hit to illustrate the need to overhaul family tax benefits.

It was a "very different world" when the Howard government introduced supplementary payments in 2004.

"Shannon Noll was number one on the hits," Mr Porter told reporters in Canberra after introducing a package of changes to parliament on Wednesday.

That prompted Treasurer Scott Morrison to say: "Still a fan. He is from the (Sutherland) Shire.

To which Mr Porter suggested: "You need to get out more".

Noll's debut single What About Me was the highest selling single of 2004.