Australian Government Announces Largest Rise to Welfare Payments in Decades

Australian Government Announces Largest Rise to Welfare Payments in Decades
People queue outside an Australian government welfare centre, Centrelink, in Melbourne, Australia, on March 23, 2020. William West/AFP via Getty Images
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The Australian government will raise support payments for over 4.7 million welfare receivers around the country in an effort to alleviate increasing living cost pressures.

Federal Social Services Minister Amanda Rishworth said in a statement that the government would introduce an indexation increase to welfare payments starting from Sep. 20.

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