NSW will be left to pick up the tab if Scott Morrison cuts JobSeeker

NSW will be left to pick up the tab if Scott Morrison cuts JobSeeker

All state and territory governments should demand that the federal government step up and play its part instead of passing the buck.

  • byJoanna Quilty

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Government under pressure to review JobSeeker,superannuation early access

Government under pressure to review JobSeeker,superannuation early access

The new year marks a turning point for major emergency measures implemented by the Morrison government to mitigate the effects of the virus on businesses and households.

  • byJennifer Duke
'Brutal for people trying to survive':Economists back JobSeeker extension,wage subsidy review

'Brutal for people trying to survive':Economists back JobSeeker extension,wage subsidy review

Top economists want the dole permanently increased in 2021 and a closer review of the federal government's wage subsidy scheme,JobKeeper,to determine the future of the $100 billion lifeline.

  • byJennifer Duke andKatina Curtis
Goodbye 2020:The year I got a glimpse of a normal life,then had it snatched away

Goodbye 2020:The year I got a glimpse of a normal life,then had it snatched away

With the coronavirus supplement I got to see what life could be like if I didn’t have to worry about what I should eat,and if I would even eat at all.

  • byBane Williams
'I eat two meals a day':The suburbs and towns that will hurt the most in JobSeeker cut

'I eat two meals a day':The suburbs and towns that will hurt the most in JobSeeker cut

Bertin Huynh lost his job as a swimming teacher at the height of the pandemic. Now he can't even afford to renew his licence.

  • byKatina Curtis,Shane Wright andLanie Tindale
2020 drew back the curtain on unemployment and poverty
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Charity

2020 drew back the curtain on unemployment and poverty

This challenging year demonstrated the urgency with which Australia needs to deal with welfare reform.

  • byLyn Edge
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Unemployment rate falls as Victoria bounces back:ABS

Unemployment rate falls as Victoria bounces back:ABS

About 90,000 people got back into the workforce in November.

  • byJennifer Duke andShane Wright
Australians put their money in the bank,but yet to spend it

Australians put their money in the bank,but yet to spend it

Household deposits in the nation's banks have reached a record $1.1 trillion as people,fearful of the pandemic,bide their time before spending.

  • byShane Wright
The two issues policymakers have to grapple with on JobSeeker
Opinion
Employment

The two issues policymakers have to grapple with on JobSeeker

Amid the worst recession since the Great Depression,some businesses and Coalition MPs are warning that employers can't fill vacant jobs.

  • byJennifer Duke
Nearly 500,000 in NSW facing cut to payments next month with city's west hit hard

Nearly 500,000 in NSW facing cut to payments next month with city's west hit hard

Further reductions in financial support for people pushed out of work by the coronavirus pandemic could economically devastate parts of Western Sydney.

  • byShane Wright
'No evidence'doubled JobSeeker was a disincentive to work:Academics

'No evidence'doubled JobSeeker was a disincentive to work:Academics

Two of Australia's top welfare academics say there is no evidence doubling the dole discouraged unemployed workers from accepting another job.

  • byJennifer Duke