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Welfare changes to impact migrants in Australia

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Community groups are saying the government's new welfare laws will make it harder for migrants to live in Australia. From July next year new migrants will have to wait three years before they can access certain welfare payments, extending the current two-year waiting period.


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By Evan Young, Sopharany Hay

Source: SBS



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Community groups are saying the government's new welfare laws will make it harder for migrants to live in Australia. From July next year new migrants will have to wait three years before they can access certain welfare payments, extending the current two-year waiting period.



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