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the Specialist Reporting Team's Evan Young and social affairs correspondent Norman Hermant

From JobSeeker to rent assistance and the single parenting payment: The budget's Centrelink changes explained

A number of Centrelink payments, including JobSeeker, are set for a modest increase. (ABC News: Billy Cooper)

As the cost of living continues to spiral, many Australians relying on unemployment payments are struggling in poverty.

The government has been under increasing pressure to raise the rate of Centrelink payments such as JobSeeker, and this year's federal budget has done just that.

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