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Some say it’s too small, the Treasurer says it is ‘substantial’
Wednesday February 24, 2021
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has been forced to defend a modest increase to the dole after welfare groups and economists slammed the miserly boost.
Federal Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has defended the size of the JobSeeker increase. (Photo: Steven Saphore/AAP PHOTOS)
The permanent base rate of JobSeeker payments is being lifted by $50 a fortnight, or just $3.57 a day.
Unemployed Australians and their allies have described the offering as a heartless betrayal.
Frydenberg insisted the increase was “very substantial” and shut down the prospect of negotiating a…
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