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With a sneaky tweak, the government has made welfare recipients guilty until proven innocent
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In the flurry of action in Parliament House in the final moments of the sitting year, the government passed a bill that escaped the attention of most. New changes to social security law mean a person’s income support can now be cancelled because they are subject to an outstanding arrest warrant for a serious offence. These are people merely accused of crimes, not found guilty of them.
