Barnaby Joyce backs Newstart raise, saying rate needs to reflect geography

Former Nationals leader urges reform as UN rapporteur says inadequate payment leaving Australians ‘increasingly miserable’

The inadequate level of Newstart is designed to leave out-of-work Australians “increasingly miserable”, the United Nations special rapporteur on extreme poverty has warned.

Philip Alston, the brother of former Liberal senator and federal communications minister Richard Alston, weighed into the debate about the adequacy of unemployment benefits on Thursday, as former Nationals leader Barnaby Joyce joined the ranks of those criticising the level of Newstart.

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