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Top economists want JobSeeker boosted by $100+ per week and tied to wages

  • Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
Top economists want JobSeeker boosted by $100+ per week and tied to wagesWes Mountain/The Conversation, CC BY-ND

Once about as high as the pension, the JobSeeker (Newstart) unemployment payment has fallen shockingly low compared to living standards.

It’s now only two thirds of the pension, just 40% of the full-time minimum wage and half way below the poverty line.

JobSeeker has fallen relative to other payments...

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