Latest Department of Social Services figures highlight the difficulties facing those who do not qualify for disability support – despite health problems
Near-record levels of people on the jobseeker payment are sick or have a disability, with more than 350,000 people on the dole now unable to work full-time.
About 7,300 people on the jobseeker payment had cancer/tumour listed as their condition, pointing to a problem identified in reporting by Guardian Australia last year showing how some cancer patients are blocked fromAndrew Howard has been on the jobseeker payment for about a decade after chronic pain forced him to end a long career as a parts interpreter in the automotive industry.
“Day-to-day I’m limited in how far I can walk ... If I have to stand in one place for an extended period of time that puts pressure on my hips and that causes pain.”
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