Newstart slipped well behind pension, say ANU academics

Kirsten Lawson
Updated October 28 2019 - 10:04pm, first published October 10 2019 - 4:00am

The unemployment benefit has slipped drastically behind the aged pension over 20 years, with a single person on Newstart now receiving $360 less a fortnight than a person on the aged pension, ANU researchers have shown.

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Kirsten Lawson

Kirsten Lawson

Political reporter

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