Finance Minister Katy Gallagher reveals the toughest budget decisions
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The Government's Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee Recommends a Significant Increase in Payments
Minister, there have been growing calls to lift JobSeeker payments. The government's own economic inclusion advisory committee recently recommended a significant increase. We're mindful that it's people on payments but it's also how do we reach those who cost of living pressures are really hitting hard at the moment? And so things like our investments in cheaper medicines on cheaper childcare on those areas are also part of our thinking," he says.
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