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Greens would give asylum seekers full welfare including rent assistance ASYLUM seekers would get almost $500 a fortnight on full welfare and access to other benefits under a Greens immigration policy that would fast-track processing and also give them full work rights. Greens Leader Christine Milne will today unveil the plan to treat asylum seekers more humanely and lift the payment rate from the current $442 - calculated at 89 per cent of the $497 fortnightly Centrelink Newstart payment - to the full level of the benefit. They would have rights to full welfare including rent assistance as well as full work rights to allow them to compete with Australian workers for jobs. Read more: news.au/national-news/federal-election/greens-would-give-asylum-seekers-full-welfare-under-8216more-humane8217-policy/story-fnho52ip-1226703475001#ixzz2cuzPdlDQ
Posted on: Sat, 24 Aug 2013 19:55:07 +0000

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