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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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,

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