SSwans2011
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The Rushworth sentiments read kinda like a more verbose way of saying "thoughts and prayers". Like damn that sucks, we're not actually planning on doing anything about it though.Yeah we know poor people are doing it tough and those on welfare are struggling the most but we can't commit to raising payments
Labor won’t commit to raising welfare payments but admits there are ‘a lot of things to fix’
Social services minister Amanda Rishworth acknowledges the ‘most vulnerable’ Australians hit hardest by cost of living crisiswww.theguardian.com
Funny how they can comit to tax cuts for the wealthy, pay rises for themselves, hundreds of millions to the French oh and going after those hardest hit poor people to pay back money
The new social services minister, Amanda Rishworth, has acknowledged the financial situation for the “most vulnerable” Australians is “not improving” and conceded those in poverty have been hit hardest by the cost of living crisis.
Speaking to Guardian Australia, she insisted she “can’t commit” to increasing support for those on fixed incomes, such as below-the-poverty-line jobseeker and other welfare payments.