Even Business Council wants a dole increase

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By Leith van Onselen

After Deloitte Access Economics senior partner, Chris Richardson, earlier this week called on the Federal Budget to raise Australia’s “unnecessarily cruel” Newstart (dole’) payment, the Business Council of Australia (BCA) has joined the chorus:

The head of the Business Council has renewed calls to increase the Newstart allowance, after the Liberal MP Julia Banks declared she could live on $40 a day.

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About the author
Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.