“Nobody in Australia should have to be making choices between medication, bills and food. A lot of people are doing that now. We’re supposed to be the lucky country,” she says.
“As the economy is recovering, as the jobs market is improving, we need to make sure that we have got the right incentives for people to go back to work,” she said. Professor Borland, whose research helped inform the government’s JobMaker program, said such an increase would still leave an unemployed worker on 54 per cent of the minimum wage. Ninety-nine of every 100 full-time jobs would have a better pay rate.
Since May, there has been an 814,000 increase in people with a job, the largest and fastest increase on record. That covers the period when the original $550-a-fortnight COVID supplement was introduced. “These are both areas that have historically relied on migrants, international students or other types of visa holders,” he said. “These people aren’t in the country. The business model that so many of these employers have relied upon just isn’t there any more.”It found 8 per cent of businesses had increased their number of staff in February, largely in line with December and January .
“I get paid $24.30 an hour and after the cost of running the car, because it’s a 60-kilometre round trip, it works out I am getting about $7.30 an hour after expenses ... When they bring in this reduction, lowering the threshold, I worked it out that I am probably working for an equivalent of $3.60 an hour.”
“We are urging the Parliament to improve this heartless legislation that condemns millions, including hundreds of thousands of children, to poverty, and deliver a permanent and adequate increase to these lifeline payments,” she said.One issue is the tighter mutual obligation requirements, including the employer phone line and increased auditing of job applications by those on JobSeeker.
The Grattan Institute’s Brendan Coates says the overall reduction in financial support for those on JobSeeker could be a fresh economic headwind.“JobSeeker is one of the best forms of fiscal stimulus there is: unemployed people are likely to spend all or at least most of what they receive,” he says.
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swrighteconomy JennieDuke Well a lot of women vote Liberal even though it is the party that treats women like sex objects. women of Australia wake up.
swrighteconomy JennieDuke The 'woe is me' attitude could be replaced with voluntary service to others. And when one does this service all sorts of networking and possible employment opportunities can arise. Not so much so with sitting on the couch and complaining.
swrighteconomy JennieDuke Was the $50 based on any research, analysis or recommendation?
swrighteconomy JennieDuke The PM’s approach on this is not over! God is not finished convicting him yet. Either a change of heart will come or he will lose office as PM. It is declared.
swrighteconomy JennieDuke It needed to be at least $100 per week increase
swrighteconomy JennieDuke They are cruel and self serving. Nothing in it for the rest!
swrighteconomy JennieDuke and the frozen pension. if we have no money we can't contribute to the economy I'm not an economist but blind freddie and all his compatreates knows that.
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