How to fix the budget to lift people out of poverty
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The Importance of Bringing Job Seeker Payments in Line With the Cost of Living
The Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee came up with the figure that if we wanted to restore it to 90% of the age pension, which is where it was at 20 years ago, you would need to increase it by $132 a week. Labor has been in power for close to a year now, but it also doesn't seem ready to make changes to the rate - does it? Mr Alexander: I think there is urgency here. We know that people across the board are struggling with cost of living at the moment. These people are already vulnerable, and the problem is getting more challenging.
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