ACOSS CEO Cassandra Goldie told Sky News Mr Lowe’s comments were welcomed because “he identified, as we do, this is, at the end, an issue of fairness and about what people really need”. Ms Goldie outlined two key measures which she said would put a significant dent in homelessness and poverty, saying the solutions were "not that complicated".
“These are not really complex ideas but they’re very important outcomes”. She said Australia still had the lowest unemployment payment in the OECD, pointing out it was a “chronic problem” well before the pandemic. Probed as to how much of an increase to the JobSeeker payment they thought was necessary, Ms Goldie said ACOSS was advocating for about a $25 a day increase. “We really would be restoring it to the kind of level it should be,” she said.
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