Angus on Insiders - Did anyone else choke on their cornflakes ?, page-272

all proof that the LNP govt were spending foolishly, wasting enormous amounts of taxpayer $$$s, not in the least concerned about taking on more and more and more debt.... all this well before covid became an expense. and event eh covid expense was geared strongly to gifting businesses massive bucks, even when the businesses weren't adversely impacted by covid restrictions.

Jobseeker was the best they did and it recognised that the Newstart payments were grossly inadequate for any to live sustainably.