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Australians on unemployment benefits are set for two record paydays – but it's a sign of a broken system, long overdue for a fix

Australians on our humiliatingly-low unemployment benefit are about to get their biggest payday ever.

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Aged pension, JobSeeker payments will rise thanks to indexation. Here’s how much extra welfare recipients will get and when

The government says it is the largest indexation increase to allowance payments in more than 30 years.

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JobSeeker Payments Will Increase A Tiny Bit Bc Of Inflation But The Govt Won’t Raise The Rate

JobSeeker and pension recipients will receive the biggest indexation increase in 30 years but it won't change anything for vulnerable Aussies.

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No dole rise in federal budget: minister

The Albanese government won't be responding to calls for a rise in JobSeeker in the October budget, a senior minister says.

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Jobseekers receiving Centrelink payments say they're being 'penalised' for studying

One month into the rollout of the new $7 billion Workforce Australia system, jobseekers and students are reporting mass confusion and inconsistencies.

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National back to basics, but Luxon questions remain

National's new leader reached for tried conservative policy at a conference low on thrills but rich with talk of unity and discipline.

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Peak unemployment bodies say raising jobseeker rate should take priority over lifting pension income test

‘Completely around the wrong way’ to allow pensioners to work more without losing pay while jobseeker remains unchanged, advocates say

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Government flags possible reform of $7b Workforce Australia jobseeker program a month after launching it

The government is creating a parliamentary committee to examine the rollout of Workforce Australia, the new unemployment services program that is barely a month old.

ABC News

Jobseekers remain in the dark just days out from major Centrelink unemployment changes

The biggest overhaul of unemployment services in years is now just days away. Many jobseekers are still in the dark about what it all means for them.

ABC News

Renters under increasing strain as cost-of-living pressures bite across Australia

Renters are facing a triple whammy of forces — as rents are rising, so is the cost of basic living essentials, and at the same time, the number of affordable homes is shrinking.

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Federal government looks to fix, rather than dump, controversial changes to unemployment benefits

Employment Minister Tony Burke says it is "too late" to scrap controversial changes to unemployment benefits due to be introduced next month, so the government will look to alter the scheme instead.

ABC News

Fear and confusion from jobseekers as 'dramatic' changes to Centrelink mutual obligations loom

Major changes to employment services begin in under a month – but many of the 800,000 jobseekers who’ll be affected are still unclear on exactly how.

ABC News

Anti-Poverty Advocates Say Albanese’s Childhood Rhetoric Is ‘Cruel’ When He Won’t Raise JobSeeker

Advocacy groups say Albanese is giving "false hope" to welfare recipients by sharing his mum's story without raising JobSeeker.

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Politicians Have Made Trans People An Election Issue ’Cos They Have Nothing Else To Offer

No matter who wins, most of us stand to lose.

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Yes, $5 for lettuce is too much. Government should act to stem the rising cost of healthy eating

The cost of living is on the rise. The recent Consumer Price Index (a measure of inflation of a standard basket of goods) revealed Australians’ grocery baskets are one of the biggest casualties.

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Anglicare calls for JobSeeker boost as rental costs lock most vulnerable out

'People on low incomes don't stand a chance,' Anglicare executive director says.

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How can more people be on unemployment benefits than before COVID, with fewer unemployed Australians? Here's how

So low is Australia’s unemployment rate, the official count says there are now just 580,300 people unemployed – the least since 2009, when Australia’s population was one-sixth smaller than it is today. Compared to just before the start of the pandemic, 184,800 fewer Australians are now unemployed.

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Albanese has dropped Labor's pledge to boost Jobseeker. With unemployment low, is that actually fair enough?

One of the first things Labor’s Bob Hawke did on being swept to office in March 1983 was to lift the unemployment benefit in April, seven weeks later, without even waiting for his first budget.

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JobSeeker rate to remain untouched after election after Labor ditches plans to review it

Out-of-work Australians will not receive any substantial boost to their unemployment benefit, regardless of who wins the federal election, with Labor dumping plans to review the rate of JobSeeker.

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Bungled vaccine rollout, welcome financial support – here's what Aussies thought of Morrison's COVID response

Before calling the election, Prime Minister Scott Morrison claimed in a promotional video his government had done a good job of handling the COVID crisis over the past two years.

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Pandemic pain remains as Australia’s economic recovery leaves the poor behind

“Our recovery leads the world,” treasurer Josh Frydenberg told Australia on budget night last week. “We have overcome the biggest economic shock since the Great Depression.”

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An Alleged Job Agent Appears To Tell A JobSeeker It’s His ‘Own Fault’ He’s Unemployed In Video

The Department of Social Services is investigating the "alleged conduct" by an alleged job agent towards a JobSeeker in the video.

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