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The Albanese Government is facing growing pressure from within its own ranks to increase the JobSeeker payment in the budget on 9 May.
Dan Repacholi, Peta Murphy and Julian Hill are among the latest batch of Labor backbenchers to call for an increase in unemployment benefits.
A number of other Labor MPs recently signed an open letter co-ordinated by the Australian Council of Social Service that called for a substantial increase in JobSeeker.
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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.