Labor clips minister for Newstart 'sledge'

By Daniel McCulloch
Updated October 3 2019 - 1:48pm, first published 1:45pm
Anthony Albanese says social services minister Anne Ruston is insulting people out looking for work.
Anthony Albanese says social services minister Anne Ruston is insulting people out looking for work.

The minister responsible for unemployed Australians has come under fire for suggesting increasing Newstart payments would put more money in the hands of drug dealers and pubs.

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