Saturday, 22 October 2022

Australia news live: Northern Rivers on flood alert as more NSW towns evacuated; treasurer confirms $33b social security boost in budget

Flood waters in Victorian border towns reach record levels as Lismore braces for evacuations; Tuesday’s budget touted as ‘family friendly’

And welcome to another Sunday morning Guardian live blog.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers has promised a $33b lift to social security payments in Tuesday’s upcoming budget. Chalmers said the raise would apply to both pensions and payments which is “partly a consequence of indexation which is there to try and keep up with inflation”. The treasure said a third will be for the age pension and another third for jobseeker.

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