Remember when Labor announced it would be increasing JobSeeker by the pathetic amount of $40 a fortnight (plus interest)? AKA a measly $2.85 a day, or up to $4 a day if you include indexation. Well, that’s set to finally go ahead in September — but not if the Coalition can help it.
The federal opposition announced on Monday that it’ll try its darndest to amend the bill when it comes before the Senate today so that the $40 ($56 including indexation) increase is reversed and a new plan is implemented, because contrary to what literally every expert on the matter has said, it reckons that $20 to $28 a week is actually too much money to be giving to people who live below the poverty line.
