Greens blasts ‘centre-right’ Albanese government after Labor rules out substantial jobseeker boost

Adam Bandt says ALP not progressive and is ‘making economic decisions Scott Morrison would have been proud of’

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The leader of the Greens, Adam Bandt, has accused Labor of becoming a “centre-right government” and making decisions “Scott Morrison would have been proud of” after it ruled out any substantial rise to unemployment benefits.

Labor’s own experts released a report on Tuesday that recommended the government substantially lift jobseeker, concluding it had fallen so far below a liveable level it was now “a barrier to paid work”.