Trimmed-down welfare cuts clear parliament
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Federal parliament has rubber-stamped the Turnbull government's trimmed-down suite of welfare cuts.
The package, which includes a freeze on family tax benefits rates, is expected to save $2.4 billion over four years to help fund changes to childcare subsidies.
Labor voted against the legislation despite it being a shadow of the government's much-maligned omnibus bill.
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