Pauline Hanson erupts over Centrelink being a 'way of life' for some Australians after single mum sparked a firestorm by declaring she 'made' $4,000-a-month on welfare

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A single mother, who posts online under the name Jenn, said the payments were helping her survive after she lost her job and became the sole carer for her children.

By NICHOLAS COMINO, POLITICAL REPORTER, AUSTRALIA and KYLIE STEVENS, SENIOR BREAKING NEWS REPORTER, AUSTRALIA

Published: 02:57 GMT, 11 November 2026 | Updated: 03:23 GMT, 11 November 2026

Pauline Hanson has declared no one 'earns' money from Centrelink, after a Melbourne mother-of-three sparked a firestorm by revealing that she 'made' more than $4,000-a-month in government support payments.

A single mother, who posts online under the name Jenn, said the payments were helping her survive after she lost her job as a copywriter and became the sole carer for her three children.

But the wording of her post put noses out of joint, with many voters arguing that working Australian families were coming out worse off than people receiving benefits like Jenn.

On Wednesday, when asked about the controversy, the One Nation leader said welfare should be viewed as a temporary safety net funded by taxpayers, rather than a long-term source of income.

'Centrelink should be taxpayer dollars used as a helping hand, not a way of life.

'Recipients haven't earned that money. The Australian taxpayers who fund Centrelink have earned it.'

The single mother, Jenn, told her followers she received $2,075-a-month from the single-parent payment, $1,333 through Family Tax Benefit Part A, $432 in rent assistance and $384 through Family Tax Benefit Part B.

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