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And so we shall leave it there for today. Here’s what went down today:
Prime minister
Christian Porter in parliament today, saying he wants to “draw a line under the matter”.
The PM also said Porter will “not perform certain functions” of attorney general on his return to work at the end of March.
Australia’s chief medical officer,
Prof Paul Kelly, has stood by the AstraZeneca vaccine, saying he was “absolutely” confident in it.
Nine has followed
There were
no new community Covid cases reported in NSW, after a single case was recorded yesterday. There were also no community cases reported across the country.
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âThis is going to have a devastating impact on people across Australia,â she said.
The committee chair, Liberal senator Wendy Askew, said the $50-a-fortnight boost was the âlargest increase to working-age support payments in more than 35 yearsâ.
âThe committee notes that the permanent increase represents a cost of an additional $9bn to the social security and welfare budget across forward estimates, accounting for around a third of all government spending,â she said.
Askew said the committee believed the âtaxpayer-funded increaseâ of $50 a fortnight âbalances the need to ensure payments encourage and enable workforce participation with the need for the welfare system to be fiscally sustainable for future generationsâ.