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It has been tipped that the dole queue will reach 1,000,000 by the end of next year. On the present rate of $227 p/w for a single person you would need to budget for $12 billion annually to cover that meagre rate. That many people receiving that barely subsistence allowance, will be a powerful voting block at the next election.


Budget cannot afford higher dole payments




http://business.smh.com.au/business/budget-cannot-afford-higher-dole-payments-20090428-am0v.html


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