Unemployment payments are set to rise by $75 a week as part of reforms to the post-pandemic economy.
The permanent boost will take the base rate from $565 dollars to $715 dollars each fortnight.
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg is expected to unveil the changes when he hands down the government's mini-budget in July.
The budget will mark the next phase of the government's economic response to the coronavirus crisis.
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Six months ago the government said we could not afford to do this.
Funny how they change their mind and leak it one week before a by-election.
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