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‘Leaving no one behind’ means raising welfare payments
Relief as a majority voted against the Trumpian Peter Dutton, who also lost his seat, should not be confused with newfound support for all of Labor’s policies. A second-term Anthony Albanese government has no excuse not to raise welfare payments in a cost-of-living and housing crisis.
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Labor’s committee says JobSeeker must be raised, but will it?Housing campaigners rally to save Waterloo public housingJobSeeker fails, Anglicare calls for independent 'Social Security Commission'The welfare system is so broken that, according to the government’s own Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW), those on JobSeeker and the Disability Support Pension (DSP) make up a third of adult suicide deaths.
Between 2011 and 2021, rates of death by suicide for age groups between 16 and 65 years were highest among those who received the DSP. For those between 16 and 45 years old, the number of suicide deaths was highest among people who were on unemployment payments.
Labor took over from where the Coalition left off — demonising the poor. It was a particular shock when the pandemic forced the........
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