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Kristin O'Connell & Maiy Azize

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Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone

In the final days of October, the Federal Government quietly inserted a last-minute amendment into an unrelated bill. It has been trying to rush through a change that would allow police and the Home Affairs Minister to cancel someone’s Centrelink payment if they are suspected of a serious crime.

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Poverty is not evidence, the presumption of innocence must apply to everyone
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