JobSeeker

ACOSS asks all political leaders and candidates: could you live on $46 a day?

Lourdes Antenor April 19, 2022

ACOSS called on all political leaders and candidates to commit to raising the rate of JobSeeker to $70 a day and urges them to realise

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Humanitarian Crisis, Government

Ending disaster payments and income support puts communities at risk

Lourdes Antenor September 30, 2021

ACOSS strongly condemns removing COVID Disaster Payments without increasing totally inadequate unemployment payments, and calls on the Federal Government to lift base rates of JobSeeker

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Associations

Cuts to JobSeeker to cost 145,000 full-time jobs

Pearl Dy September 17, 2020

The Morrison Government’s planned cuts to the Coronavirus Supplement for people on JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and parenting payments would see the economy lose $31.3 billion

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Government

Parliament must act on permanent JobSeeker increase to stop $300 per fortnight cut for millions next month

Pearl Dy August 25, 2020

With Treasury figures showing effective unemployment set to rise to 13% by the end of the year, the Australian Council of Social Service is calling

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Charities, nonprofit

Thousands on JobSeeker contact their MPs in National Day of Action to Raise the Rate for Good

Pearl Dy July 14, 2020

Across the country, people on JobSeeker and Youth Allowance are contacting their local members of Parliament to tell them why they cannot go back to

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