'Face of homelessness changing rapidly' as extra COVID welfare payments dry up

  • 📰 abcnews
  • ⏱ Reading Time:
  • 15 sec. here
  • 2 min. at publisher
  • 📊 Quality Score:
  • News: 9%
  • Publisher: 83%

Australia Headlines News

Australia Latest News,Australia Headlines

Regional homelessness services say they are at capacity, and the end of JobKeeper and cuts to JobSeeker will see more people needing support — some for the first time.

Without the $150 supplement, there are now fears many could be locked out of a regional rental market where properties, particularly those with the lowest advertised rents, are already in desperately short supply.

"There's about 130,000 Queenslanders in some shape or form that are classified in their own right as homeless," he said. "We've seen more than 2,200 social and affordable homes commenced in Queensland and we've already completed 1,300 of those."

 

Thank you for your comment. Your comment will be published after being reviewed.
Please try again later.

This was a massive problem before the pandemic. 120,000 homeless 3 million living in poverty. If the numbers are now worse it's lucky are international borders are closed we cant take care of the people we have got. 👎

Worst deck of cards ever Mr Speaker!!! And still more cover ups.

We have summarized this news so that you can read it quickly. If you are interested in the news, you can read the full text here. Read more:

 /  🏆 5. in AU

Australia Latest News, Australia Headlines

Similar News:You can also read news stories similar to this one that we have collected from other news sources.

Without JobKeeper, small businesses face a rocky road out of Perth's COVID-19 lockdownMichael Colley is weighing up whether he can pay staff at his Perth health and fitness centres this week after he was forced to shut because of ongoing COVID-19 restrictions. JobKeeper? Every small business now has a begging bowl out. Swim or sink. 3 days..... If you have to rely on Jobkeeper now it means your business model was shit in the first place!
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

Weak COVID-positive case pops up in regional Western Australian townA man in Collie, south of Perth, tests positive for COVID-19 but authorities say it is a weak result and likely reflects a historical infection. Historic case people. Save the fear And? Has it been confirmed that the person previously had covid and this is remnants of that? If yes then why the alarmist click bait? 🤷‍♂️ Weird how he didn't test weak positive in Victoria. Are states using different tests?
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

Travellers to Queensland who've been to Sydney COVID-19 exposure sites face hotel quarantineFrom 1:00am tomorrow, anyone who arrives in Queensland from New South Wales and has been to an exposure site linked to the latest Sydney cluster will have to enter hotel quarantine, at their own expense. Why not home isolation this is getting ridiculous for domestic travel in a country that has 1 or 2 cases in the community. How much politics are Premiers going to play in the name of “ best Heath Advice” .
Source: abcnews - 🏆 5. / 83 Read more »

Pharmacists face one-month delay in COVID-19 vaccine rolloutAustralian pharmacists say they will not start administering COVID-19 jabs until June as the country's delayed vaccine rollout suffers yet another blow. 9News It's a Medicare scam No problem at all take as long as you’s like no rush at all There’s 10’s of thousands of Australians separated indefinitely from their partners/spouses/young kids overseas, and who were RELYING on a solid vaccine rollout in order to reunite with their immediate loved ones.. our lives have been on hold a year already 💔 LoveIsNotTourism
Source: 9NewsAUS - 🏆 10. / 72 Read more »

Dr Anthony Fauci’s verdict on Australia’s COVID-19 response and the threat we now faceAmerica’s top infectious diseases expert Dr Anthony Fauci has delivered his verdict on how Australia has handled the pandemic — and warned about the threat we now face. Bring it on. Payback is inevitable 🤣🤣🤣🤣he's less than nobody to us. 100% irrelevant. Australia handled the pandemic great.
Source: newscomauHQ - 🏆 9. / 77 Read more »