Published: December 13, 2018
Increase to the unemployment payment looms as flashpoint, while a working group will try to resolve difficult area of refugee policy
Labor could adopt a position supporting both an increase in Newstart, as well as a commitment to a review of income support, at the party’s national conference which starts in Adelaide on Sunday.
Party sources have told Guardian Australia there are discussions in train over a form of words committing both to an increase in the payment and a broader review – although there is reluctance to specify a dollar amount, given the hefty fiscal impact of the proposal.
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