Over 200,000 welfare recipients will reportedly receive a boost to the $50 a day rate of Jobseeker when the federal budget is delivered next Tuesday.
Over 200,000 welfare recipients aged 55 and over will receive a boost to the $50 a day rate of Jobseeker when the federal budget is delivered next Tuesday night.It is understood the raise will likely be modest and below the $100 a week increase welfare advocates have been pushing for.
"684,360 people who rely on an unemployment payment are under 55, 479,815 people on an unemployment payment have relied on it for more than two years." The letter had more than 330 signatures, with the four MPs joined by former Labor heavyweights Jenny Macklin and Doug Cameron as well as a host of academics, business leaders and economists.
He insisted the government will provide cost of living relief in the budget with a focus on the"most vulnerable" Australians and acknowledged it was"tough to live on the Jobseeker payment".
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