Albanese has dropped Labor's pledge to boost Jobseeker. With unemployment low, is that actually fair enough?
- Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
One of the first things Labor’s Bob Hawke did on being swept to office in March 1983 was to lift the unemployment benefit in April, seven weeks later, without even waiting for his first budget.
One of the first things Labor’s Anthony Albanese did during the first week of this election campaign was to let it be known that Labor was no...
