Newstart Senate inquiry stories already beggar belief

By The Canberra Times
October 14 2019 - 12:00am

The inadequacy of the Newstart allowance has been a near-constant refrain in recent weeks, and yet in the first days of hearings at the Senate inquiry into a possible increase to the unemployment benefit, the stories already beggar belief.

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