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Benefit payments to rise as interest rate concerns grow
Growing concerns about one or possibly two more interest rate rises come as a host of major government benefit payments increase next month. Source: News.com.au.
New push to raise JobSeeker payments
Calls are growing to increase the JobSeeker rate after a new report found it has fallen well behind other social payments. Source: Nine.com.au.
Surge in number of young Australians considered ‘unable to work’
The number of working-age Australians relying on welfare payments has surged to almost 1.4 million, as the Albanese Government manages an increasing share of young men and women who are considered unable to work. Source: The Australian.
Survey finds most Australians back increase in JobSeeker payments
Most Australians agree income support payments are not enough to live on, as cost-of-living pressures continue to hit Australians, a new survey has found. Source: News.com.au.
Government committee calls for increase in Centrelink payments
Calls are growing louder for Centrelink payments to be raised further amid an ongoing cost of living crunch for many Australians. Source: Yahoo News.
Relief for 1.2 million Australians as Labor waives welfare debts
About 1.2 million welfare recipients will have debts of up to $250 waived in a move Social Services Minister Tanya Plibersek said would “spare Australians with small debts significant stress”. Source: News.com.au.
‘Robodebt 2.0’: More than 900 JobSeeker payments unlawfully cancelled
Repeated errors that resulted in the unlawful cancellation of more than 900 JobSeeker payments are being called “Robodebt 2.0”. Source: News.com.au.
Reforms to super would help lift living standards: Vinnies
A new study commissioned by the St Vincent de Paul Society reveals how changing tax concessions on the wealthiest superannuation accounts could fund a fairer safety net while boosting the super of 90 per cent of Australians.
Plibersek announces welfare boost for millions of Australians
Minister for Social Services Tanya Plibersek has revealed sweeping measures in a bid to ease cost-of-living pressures, with millions of Australians soon set to receive a boost in welfare payments. Source: Sky News Australia.