Senate debates

Wednesday, 28 March 2018

Questions without Notice

Pensions and Benefits

2:40 pm

Photo of Tim StorerTim Storer (SA, Independent) Share this | Hansard source

In August 2017, the Social Policy Research Centre of the University of New South Wales found that the single rate of Newstart and rent assistance fell $96 short of the absolute minimum required to cover the basic cost of living. Given this analysis, does the government see a case for significantly increasing Newstart?

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