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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Charlotte Graham-McLay

Morning Mail: ‘Oppressive’ Centrelink suspensions; Asio defends targeting autistic boy; Dunkley byelection fallout

Centrelink suspended payments to a jobseeker who was in hospital after brain surgery.
Centrelink suspended payments to a jobseeker who was in hospital after brain surgery. Photograph: Darren England/AAP

Good morning. A jobseeker whose Centrelink payments were suspended while he was in hospital recovering from brain surgery is calling for an overhaul to the way suspensions are handled. The Albanese government is mulling an overhaul of the employment services system following a damning parliamentary review that criticised the mutual obligations system.

Elsewhere, Hamas negotiators arrive for ceasefire talks in Cairo, and the Asio boss insists agencies don’t radicalise people after criticism of an undercover operation.

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