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James Robertson

Welfare groups cheer Centrelink deal by David Pocock, although Jacqui Lambie is no fan

David Pocock should have held out longer, Jacqui Lambie told Sky News. Photo: AAP

Millions of the lowest-paid Australians will have their government payments reviewed after a deal that advocates say will “shine a light on the injustice” of income support levels and pave the way for a rise.

ACT Senator David Pocock will back the industrial relations bill, but demanded the government review Centrelink income payments that advocates say have not risen in years and “entrench poverty” for those on them.

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