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Labor hoses down Dutton’s call to let welfare recipients work more

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Labor has hosed down calls for the government to adopt Peter Dutton’s policy to let unemployed people work more hours before they lose their welfare benefits.

The opposition leader unveiled the measure in his budget reply delivered on Thursday night.

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Michael Read is the Financial Review's economics correspondent, reporting from the federal press gallery at Parliament House. He was previously an economist at the Reserve Bank of Australia and at UBS. Connect with Michael on Twitter. Email Michael at michael.read@afr.com
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    Original URL: https://www.afr.com/policy/economy/labor-hoses-down-dutton-s-call-to-let-welfare-recipients-work-more-20230514-p5d87z