Finance Minister Katy Gallagher has refused to confirm changes to welfare for single parents but says the payments saved her life when she was a young mother.
Single parents with older children hoping to receive more generous government benefits have been on tenterhooks waiting to find out whether the measure will feature in next month’s federal budget.
Australians receiving this payment, who are predominantly women, are shifted to the less generous Jobseeker payment when their youngest child turns eight-years-old and lose ab...
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