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Coronavirus supplement: your guide to the Australian payments that will go to the extra million on welfare

  • Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
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This is longer than the usual Conversation article, so allow some time to take it in.

On Sunday, the government announced a second coronavirus economic package.

In addition to further one-off payments, the package includes some of the most significant changes to social security payments Australia has ever seen, even if only on a...

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