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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
Business
Paul Karp Chief political correspondent

Five key changes to welfare and work rules in Labor’s employment white paper

A trainee steelworker in Melbourne.
A trainee steelworker in Melbourne. The Albanese government wants to double the take up of higher apprenticeships. Photograph: Julian Smith/AAP

Job seekers will be able to work for longer while retaining social security concessions, and changes to allow pensioners to work more before payments are reduced will become permanent, under two major welfare law reforms.

The Albanese government will spend $85.2m over four years on the two measures, which are the centrepiece of nine new policies adopted through the employment white paper, titled Working Future, released on Monday.

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