PM rethinks cutting welfare energy payment

Updated August 21 2018 - 2:51pm, first published 2:05pm
The government is reconsidering its decision to axe an energy supplement for welfare recipients.
The government is reconsidering its decision to axe an energy supplement for welfare recipients.

The federal government is rethinking its decision to axe an energy supplement paid to welfare recipients, after Labor leveraged the unpopular proposal as a potent campaign attack.

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