Research shows giving more money to people isn’t “squandered” like JobKeeper was but in the case of JobSeeker was spent on “needs” and not as the LNP keeps saying wasted. This totally false argument accusing the unemployed of being “dole bludgers” has been used by conservatives for as long as I can remember and I’m 75
Source: Next Pandemic — Hell, All the Time — Let’s Just Give People Money | The Smirking Chimp
Eight people are competing for every available job yet the Morrison Governmentcontinues to blame people themselves for being unemployed, putting the Coalition in breach of a key international treaty for as long as it refuses to raise JobSeeker to the poverty line. A Senate Committee hands down its report into JobSeeker when Parliament resumes next week. A clear commitment to increase the rate by of $250 a fortnight is vital to put pressure on the Government to do the right thing, legally and morally. Emma Dawson reports.
JobSeeker Hypocrisy: ‘rule of law’ for Porter but not for those below poverty line – Michael West
If Newstart and jobseeker had risen in line with earnings over the years, it would be at least $100 a week higher
The jobseeker increase is pathetic – and so is the spin to justify the paltry amount | Welfare | The Guardian
As a high-income-earning mortgage holder, my windfall has been twofold. First, last year’s tax cuts have delivered a boost to my take-home pay of about $93 a fortnight, or $6.66 a day. Meanwhile, the interest rate payable on my $700,000 (ish) mortgage has fallen from 2.69 per cent to about 2.13 per cent (thanks also to some savvy shopping around). This boosts my bottom line by about $150 a fortnight, or $10.74 a day.
Morrison’s JobSeeker boost is stingy, mean and bad for the economy
Key points: The coronavirus supplement, paid to more than a million Australians, will be reduced from $125 to $75 per week from January 1 When the payment was $275 in September, it pushed recipients above the poverty line The Government has rejected calls to increase unemployment benefits, and says it is focused on jobs creation
Unhappy new year for more than 1 million Aussies on JobSeeker as COVID assistance winds back – ABC News
Hefty cuts to income support mean that Australia now faces a potentially more deadly epidemic than Covid-19. But it is largely avoidable, writes Michael Tanner.
Cuts to JobSeeker, Jobkeeper: out of the frying pan and into the fire – Michael West
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