Clean energy supplement to be scrapped
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The Federal Government’s plans to scrap the clean energy supplement has raised concerns that those living below the poverty line will be worse off.
Removing the supplement, which varies from $4.40 per week for unemployed people on Newstart Allowance to $7.05 per week for Age and Disability Pensioners, will affect about 2.2 million low-income Australians.
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