Fed: Government considering single welfare payment for all
The federal government says it will consider introducing one single welfare paymentfor all working age Australians.
Family and Community Services Minister AMANDA VANSTONE's told ABC Radio the proposalis designed to discourage people from choosing to stay on welfare benefits rather thanmoving into the paid workforce.
She was speaking ahead of the launch of a consultation paper on the proposed reformof the welfare system for working age people.
Under such a scheme, all working age people on welfare benefits would receive the samebase amount and would apply for top-ups according to their circumstances.
Senator VANSTONE admits such a radical reform option will take a long time to implement.
But she says such a system would be simpler for customers to understand and easierand cleaner to administer.
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KEYWORD: WELFARE (CANBERRA)
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