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Raising jobseeker is not 'fiscally sustainable’? Sorry, but that is flat out wrong | Greg Jericho

https://www.theguardian.com/business/grogonomics/article/2024/may/23/australia-federal-budget-2024-jobseeker-centrelink-welfare-inequality

Never fall for the line that lifting people out of poverty and reducing inequality is a task too complex or costly to undertake

Raising jobseeker is not 'fiscally sustainable’? Sorry, but that is flat out wrong | Greg Jericho

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How many terms should be required for a government to effect meaningful change though. Your argument about limiting damage will also apply to their subsequent terms as living standards continue to fall. I think their lack of ambitious policy supporting social welfare is more about their underlying belief systems rather than having their hands tied.

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