A series of old tweets from Prime Minister Anthony Albanese and Treasurer Jim Chalmers calling for a lift to the JobSeeker rate have surfaced, amid revelations their government will reject an increase that was recommended in a new report.
An Interim Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee report found the “seriously inadequate” payment be increased by 40 per cent, which would be just below $1,000 a fortnight.
Tweets from Anthony Albanese and Jim Chalmers demanding their predecessors increase the JobSeeker rate have emerged amid reports that they will reject a lift to the crucial welfare payment. Picture: NCA NewsWire / Martin Ollman The current base is $693.10 a fortnight for a single person with no children. That figure translates to $49.50 a day, a number many argue is not sufficient enough to live on.
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