Australians struggling in work and on welfare have challenged campaigning politicians to do more to help. Labor and Liberal frontbenchers insisted their focus was on cost of living.

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Forecast issued at 4:20 pm EDT on Monday 31 March 2025. Partly cloudy. Slight chance of a shower in the northwest suburbs, near zero chance elsewhere. Winds southeasterly 20 to 30 km/h. The chance of ...