Speaking on the ABC on Tuesday evening, senator Lambie described the effective doubling of JobSeeker - formerly Newstart - and the Youth Allowance as "a winner" and believed that retaining this rate needed to be left on the table.

She said there was no way the government should return to the pre-virus levels of JobSeeker and Youth Allowance.

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"I was one of those people who lived on those unemployment benefits for many, many years. I know what that money does, it goes back into the local community," senator Lambie said.

"Especially Newstart, they couldn't live on that as it was, so we do not want to go back to that.

"Now that we've opened the gates, we need to have a good, frnak and honest discussion about how much these sort of people should be on, and I can tell you now, like I said, most of that money gets put back in the local community. We know that."

It could cause a headache for the government when the supplement is due to be removed at the end of September.

The payment started rolling out this week.

Labor is yet to take a position on the removal of the payment, instead retaining its pre-election position of a review of the Australian welfare system with a view to raising the rates.

Several National MPs and former prime minister Tony Abbott have backed keeping the payments higher.

When asked about the payment on Wednesday, Prime Minister Scott Morrison said the government still held the same view about the welfare system and the supplement was "an emergency response measure".

"This was not a change in the government's view about the broader role of the social safety net in Australia," he said.