On this episode of Please Explain,I’m joined by business journalist Dominic Powell to discuss the economic implications of big businesses keeping Job Keeper.
Caryn Ryan was shocked by the government’s meagre dole increase,which has been described as “shocking cruelty” and experts say won’t help the economy.
In this episode of Please Explain,Tory Maguire and Shane Wright discuss the fate of our welfare recipients after the changes to Job Seeker and the state of the economy.
The federal government’s lift in the fortnightly dole by $25 a week will leave the base rate still well below the poverty line.
Thanks to policymakers,I’m better off by about $17.50 a day compared to last year. Why I’m being targeted like this is a mystery,especially when JobSeekers are getting about one-fifth of my good fortune.
Age readers on the Morrison government’s proposed $25 a week increase in the JobKeeper rate,the royal commission into Crown,rogue federal MP Craig Kelly and the causes of brain injuries in Australian rules football.
While welcome,an increase in payments of about $3.50 a day is barely going to make a dent in unemployment figures.
We need is a wholesale rethink of both the substance of and rhetoric around the unemployment benefit in this country.
The small increase announced for the JobSeeker rate has met fierce criticism,but the Morrison government will refuse any attempts to lift it higher.
The debate over a higher JobSeeker payment has been dominated by fairness. It turns out a cheap cup of coffee is where fairness meets the budget bottom line.
The dole will be lifted to $615.70 a fortnight when the coronavirus supplement ends in March while job seekers’ obligations will increase and employers will be able to report anyone refusing a job offer.