David Pocock says 2024 federal budget has 'gaping hole at its heart'

Independent senator David Pocock says without an increase to jobseeker, youth allowance, Austudy or 'any other income support payment', the 2024 federal budget leaves 'three million people in poverty'.
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We have the expert advice that lifting this would not add to inflation and yet despite having a surplus the Labor government, who told us that they wouldn't be leaving people behind, have decided to do exactly that,' Pocock says
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