Two Libs join push to lift dole payments

By Matt Coughlan
Updated July 23 2019 - 3:38am, first published 3:30am
Liberal Senator Dean Smith believes the Newstart allowance should increase.
Liberal Senator Dean Smith believes the Newstart allowance should increase.

A pair of Liberal backbenchers have joined growing calls for the rate of welfare payments for unemployed people to be lifted.

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