Coalition resolves to back JobSeeker increase
The $4.9 billion increase to unemployment benefits will pass the Senate after the Coalition resolved to try to modify the signature budget measure, but wave it through if unsuccessful.
Opposition Leader Peter Dutton had insisted that instead of increasing the JobSeeker benefit by $40 a fortnight, the government should double from $150 to $300 the amount a JobSeeker recipient could earn every two weeks before their benefit was pared back.
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