Newstart recipients detail daily hardship to Senate inquiry

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Source: SBS

A diabetic South Australian woman has told a Senate inquiry she has to ration her use of insulin due to the financial difficulties of living on unemployment payments. A Senate committee has heard emotional testimony from those living on the government’s unemployment benefit Newstart, which is worth about $40 a day.



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