Good morning. Almost half of jobseeker recipients are unable to work full-time due to sickness or disability. Australia is pushing to host the United Nations climate change conference. And final preparations are in place for the Queen’s funeral in London which will be broadcast around the world later today.
Near record levels of people on the jobseeker payment are sick or have a disability, with more than 350,000 people on the dole now unable to work full time. Department of Social Services figures for June reveal 43.1% of people on the jobseeker payment had a “partial capacity to work”, meaning they can only work between 15 and 30 hours a week. Dr Peter Davidson, principal adviser at the Australian Council of Social Service, said 2012 changes to the disability support pension were a big factor in the increased number of people with disability on jobseeker.
