But Labor does support lowering income threshold for family tax benefit B and cutting youth allowance for travellers
Billions of dollars of the governments proposed budget savings are under threat with Labor declaring opposition to more than half of their welfare reforms as the Greens revealed they would oppose the indexation of the fuel excise.
However, the government has gained support from Labor on some measures, such as lowering the income threshold for Family Tax Benefit (FTB) B from $150,000 to $100,000 and stopping students receiving the Youth Allowance while travelling overseas.
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