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Opposition leader Sussan Ley commits to more targeted welfare, saying it shouldn’t go to high income households

  • Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra

Opposition leader Sussan Ley says welfare should be targeted “to those who truly need it”, and people should be helped “off welfare and into self-reliance”.

In her first major economic speech as leader, Ley on Wednesday will lay down some policy markers to contain spending and the size of government, with more people...

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