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Don’t increase Newstart; first use the money to fight long term unemployment

19 September 2019

5:00 AM

19 September 2019

5:00 AM

As the government repeatedly says, the best form of welfare is a job, but when it comes to getting people off welfare and into employment there is a key distinction between short term and long term unemployment.

Many people go through short periods of unemployment over the course of their lives.

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