Is the Jobseeker increase enough?

The latest Jobseeker increase is the single biggest update in the unemployment service since 1986, but many unemployed people are failing to see it as anything other than a disappointment in comparison to the COVID supplements of the past year. The increase, which is $25 a week, or approximately $3.50 a day, leaves those on Jobseeker well below the poverty line, and many people, advocates and politicians alike, are calling for a permanent increase to the service. Here to talk more about the impact of the rate rise is Chris Twomey, Research and Policy Development Leader at the WA Council of Social Services (WACOSS).

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