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Melbourne@aussie.zone • 6 months ago

Energy support backfires with welfare recipients to end up with less than $300

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Energy support backfires with welfare recipients to end up with less than $300

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Melbourne@aussie.zone • 6 months ago

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Financially vulnerable Australians stand to miss out on the full value of the budget's $300 energy bill relief, because the policy will slash the indexation of their welfare payments.

This is from May but I just saw it.

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I’m not amazingly surprised. The most vulnerable will never even get access to it.

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