Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said the single-parent payment had changed her life but refused to elaborate on what support was in the budget for Australia's most vulnerable.
Labor has flagged reversing a Gillard government-era decision that kicks single parents off the payment once their child turns eight.
“It gave me the support I needed to, to get myself together to look after my baby and to get back into work. Under the current policy, single parents collect $961 a fortnight but are moved to Jobseeker when their youngest child turns eight, receiving about $176 less. "And there’s those that will say that 12 is the place to land, which is when childcare benefits and some of the other payments stop."
Treasurer Jim Chalmers last week rejected recommendations from the Economic Inclusion Advisory Group that JobSeeker be increased to 90 per cent of the age pension, up from about 70 per cent.Labor backbenchers Alicia Payne, Louise Miller-Frost, Michelle Ananda-Rajah and Kate Thwaites signed an open letter
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