Yes, the Coalition is making Unemployment and Benefit Numbers Worse

Beneficiary numbers are up - which gives the Coalition more targets to punch down on. But they keep claiming unemployment is the result of the last government that was in charge 3 years ago or that treasury warned that unemployment would be high - so just how much of the current high number of beneficiaries, his unemployment and hardship it causes down to the current coalition really?

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