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Half a million more Australians on welfare? Not unless you double-count

Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

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The Daily Telegraph and Herald Sun carried an exclusive story on Sunday headed “Half a million extra on welfare”. It was subheaded: NDIS blowing the budget.

The story said the number of Australians on welfare had leapt by 425,000 since 2018, with much of the increase coming from the National Disability Insurance Scheme.

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