AAP General News (Australia)
01-11-2012
FED:Shorten rejects jobless benefit boost call
SYDNEY, Jan 11 AAP - Employment Minister Bill Shorten has rejected a call from business,
welfare groups and unions to raise the level of unemployment benefits.
The Newstart allowance for single jobless Australians stands at $243 a week, compared
with $345 for the Disability Support Pension (DSP).
Outgoing Australian Industry Group chief and new Reserve Bank of Australia board member
Heather Ridout has called for the dole to be raised as part of a wider welfare reform.
But Mr Shorten has defended the $100 gap between unemployment and …
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