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Election FactCheck Q A: is it true Australia's unemployment payment level hasn't increased in over 20 years?

  • Written by: The Conversation Contributor

The Conversation is fact-checking claims made on Q&A, broadcast Mondays on the ABC at 9:35pm. Thank you to everyone who sent us quotes for checking via Twitter using hashtags #FactCheck and #QandA, on Facebook or by email.


… the level of the unemployment payment, which hasn’t been increased in over two decades… –...

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Election podcast: the battle for New England

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This is The Conversation’s first election podcast, where we visit the New South Wales seat of New England. The electorate is held by deputy prime minister and Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce, who is under challenge from former independent member Tony Windsor.

Joyce predicts the government will...

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