The Latest Breaking News from JobSeeker

Don't be fooled. JobSeeker's new look is still hiding some nasty business

The core problem remains untouched.

The Canberra Times · Jun 7

'Exhausted': housing supply hit as affordability dips

Low-income earners are locked out of the private rental market, with JobSeeker recipients only able to afford one listing in Australia, a leading charity warns.

AAP · Apr 29

Jobseeker changes turn young adults into dependent children – and squeeze households further

When the government announced in its May budget that it would tighten eligibility for young New Zealanders getting Jobseeker benefits, there were few details about how the policy would work. We now have those details, and they raise many questions.

The Conversation · Oct 7, 2025

Report urges government to lift JobSeeker payments

'Punishingly low' JobSeeker payments are trapping people in a cycle of poverty, with a leading welfare group urging the government to intervene

AAP · Dec 12, 2023

Dutton's JobSeeker plans would at first leave 640,000 worse off and 168,000 better off

If this year’s budget measures are passed by parliament in the current sitting, the government has indicated that the single rate of JobSeeker payment will increase by around $56 per fortnight in September.

The Conversation · Aug 1, 2023

Australia's 'retirement age' just became 67. So why are the French so upset about working until 64?

Since Saturday, Australians have been required to wait until the age of 67 until they can get the age pension.

The Conversation · Jul 6, 2023

Politics with Michelle Grattan: Labor's Julian Hill on employment, AI, Julian Assange and TikTok

The federal budget gave a much-needed, but very modest, increase to those on JobSeeker and associated payments. However, it didn’t address that other important issue of the unemployed: how to help as many JobSeekers as possible to get into work, whether full- or part-time.

The Conversation · May 25, 2023

Will the Coalition's JobSeeker plan get more people working? New research suggests not

Opposition Leader Peter Dutton says allowing JobSeeker recipients to work more would be more beneficial than a $40 pay increase, but new research suggests not.

ABC News · May 17, 2023

Michael Pascoe: JobSeeker is higher than the minimum wage

The thing about increasing JobSeeker – both the government and the Opposition want to make the cut-off for it higher than the minimum wage.

The New Daily · May 16, 2023

JobSeeker threshold change would cost less: Dutton

The opposition leader says a plan to allow those on JobSeeker to work longer without losing payments would cost less.

The New Daily · May 15, 2023