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Centrelink: Uni student Ashleigh broke both her legs and couldn't work - but an outdated Youth Allowance rule meant she was denied a vital payment to make ends meet

A uni student who broke both her legs and couldn t work was denied a vital youth allowance to make ends meet due to a technicality.

Anglicare Australia's annual cost-of-living report paints a grim picture of job seekers' finances

A single person out of work and living in a shared house has an average of just $127 left each week for bills or incidental expenses after covering rent, transport and food, the report finds, while a single-parent household on the Parenting Payment has just $24 remaining each week.

Brutal reality of life on Centrelink in Australia: 'Never been harder'

Covering the cost of weekly essentials is leaving Australians on JobSeeker and other welfare payments with little left over to pay bills or other incidental expenses.

'Never been harder': job seekers barely scraping by

The cost of rent, food, and petrol are taking a toll on people living on Centrelink payments and.

JobSeeker and welfare recipients barely scraping by