Opposition, which is opposing Greens bill to increase payment by $75 a week, says size of increase should be decided closer to next election
Labor has revised the party’s formal position on Newstart and is now calling on the government to increase the payment, following mounting pressure from social welfare groups and after several Coalition MPs broke ranks to call for a raise.Amid growing calls for the government to take action on the payment, the opposition decided on Tuesday that it would refer the matter to the Senate standing committee on economics, but would call on the Coalition to review and raise the $272 a week payment.
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