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Report Recommends Increases to Rent Assistance

Posted on Wednesday 30 April 2014

The National Welfare Rights Network has released a report recommending that Commonwealth Rent Assistance (CRA) be increased by 30% and that future increases be linked to housing rent inflation rates rather than the general CPI.  It also suggests increasing the rates for Newstart, Youth Allowance and the end to ‘sharers’ rates for CRA.

 

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