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Welfare recipients will see a slight increase to their payments, but advocates point out jobseeker payments are still well below the poverty line. Photograph: William West/AFP/Getty Images

Welfare recipients will see a slight increase to their payments, but jobseeker is still “well below the poverty line”, the Australian Council of Social Service says.

The payments are tied to the consumer prices index (CPI) – which is used to measure inflation – so if the CPI goes up, welfare follows suit.