Dutton's JobSeeker plans would at first leave 640,000 worse off and 168,000 better off
- Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
ShutterstockIf this year’s budget measures are passed by parliament in the current sitting, the government has indicated that the single rate of JobSeeker payment will increase by around $56 per fortnight in September.
This will be the result of the $40 per fortnight increase in basic payment promised in the budget, plus the usual...
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