‘Please listen to us’: the Newstart recipients trying to convince Scott Morrison he’s wrong

A Senate inquiry into Newstart heard first-hand accounts of what life is like for some of Australia's most vulnerable people

Sitting in a nondescript conference centre in Launceston, Deborah asked the senators in front of her to be patient.

"You'll have to excuse me," she told them, her voice trembling. "I've never done this before and I'm extremely nervous."