Why can the government spend money on weapons but not welfare?
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The Coalition to Raising the Rate of Job Seeker and Other Support Payments
Wednesday was kind of the rate festival in Canberra. It was a semi-coordinated action to really draw attention to the fact that job keeper is at a ridiculously low level and does need to be raised. Payments are so inadequate that it's actually preventing people from getting back into the workforce, which is the whole point of the payment. And fascinatingly Ruby, six Labour bank ventures have themselves spoken out and called on their own government to raise the rate. Four of them in public by signing a letter, a public letter, that's been signed by other Labour luminaries like former social services minister Jenny Macklin and Brian Howe.
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