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        It's time for a mature and apolitical welfare debate
       By: Diversity Date: July 16, 2017, 4:39 am
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       On the topic of Newstart:
       How did the Newstart Allowance as it's called, become a rite of
       passage for those turning 16-18 usually straight after leaving
       school and never held a job? This is insane it helps create a
       culture of, " I don't need to look for and take a job that I
       don't want or like." It is meant to be a "safety net" for when a
       person is made redundant or dismissed from a job in the interim
       of finding new employment.
       Newstart Allowance isn't enough to live off of, it won't even
       cover rent not to mention any other living expenses require to
       re-enter the workforce; food,utilities,transportation IF not
       living with parents. Then you have those above teenage years on
       Newstart not yet 67 or 70 years of age able to collect the
       pension and their super. Why would government deny a pension
       increase to the seniors who have already worked most of their
       lives from the money saved by not giving Newstart to those that
       never even held a job?
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