Home affairs minister will warn system can’t be fixed by ‘tinkering’, as defence colleague hails funding to toughen fortifications in north
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Good morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of the day’s news. I’m Martin Farrer and I’ll be bringing you the overnight stories before my colleague takes over.
Yesterday it was a long line of Labor backbenchers, and today it is a former Reserve Bank governor telling Jim Chalmers he has to raise the jobseeker rate. Bernie Fraser says the Albanese government “needs to start using its power for the people like it promised it would”, as he added his weight to the idea. He said the unemployment payment was one of the “many areas desperately needing attention” in the coming budget.
Continue reading…Home affairs minister will warn system can’t be fixed by ‘tinkering’, as defence colleague hails funding to toughen fortifications in northGet our morning and afternoon news emails, free app or daily news podcastGood morning and welcome to our rolling coverage of the day’s news. I’m Martin Farrer and I’ll be bringing you the overnight stories before my colleague takes over.Yesterday it was a long line of Labor backbenchers, and today it is a former Reserve Bank governor telling Jim Chalmers he has to raise the jobseeker rate. Bernie Fraser says the Albanese government “needs to start using its power for the people like it promised it would”, as he added his weight to the idea. He said the unemployment payment was one of the “many areas desperately needing attention” in the coming budget. Continue reading…