Jobseeker: what we know before the budget, who will benefit and who won’t

Guardian Australia has confirmed reports that the jobseeker boost being considered would lift welfare payments for people over 55. Photograph: Jessica Hromas/The Guardian

Details about the Albanese government’s mooted changes to welfare payments remain scant but Guardian Australia has confirmed reports that the boost being considered would lift welfare payments for people over 55.

This would probably happen by a change to existing rules and would mean that people aged 60 and over, who have been on jobseeker for more than nine months, get an extra $50 a fortnight. That’s on top of the base rate of $693.10 a fortnight for a single person.