FED:Labor MPs quiz Gillard on welfare reforms

AAP General News (Australia)
02-07-2011
FED:Labor MPs quiz Gillard on welfare reforms

By Susanna Dunkerley and Paul Osborne

CANBERRA, Feb 7 AAP - Prime Minister Julia Gillard is under pressure from the Labor
caucus to ensure the right balance is found in any overhaul of the welfare system.

The prime minister has listed getting more people off the dole and pensions and into
work as one of her priorities for 2011.

There has also been speculation the welfare overhaul could be used to find savings
to pay for rebuilding following the summer floods and Cyclone Yasi.

In a speech last week Ms Gillard flagged welfare reforms …