Millions of Australians will see the rate of their payments increase. Here’s what it means for you. 7NEWS
Budget papers estimate about 1.1 million Australians will benefit from the $40 per fortnight increase, while 52,000 people aged 55 to 59 years old will benefit from the latter package.
Government backbenchers including Alicia Payne and Michelle Ananda-Rajah had publicly called for a blanket increase to the rate, as had Liberal MP Bridget Archer, the Greens, and a range of independents and crossbenchers.“The JobSeeker payment ... already pays a different rate at the moment for people over 60, and that’s in recognition that it’s harder to find a new job at that end of your working life,” Chalmers said.
A raft of welfare payments will be increased under what the treasurer has described as “responsible, sustainable income support” for vulnerable Australians.The Greens accused the government of “burying its head in the sand” if it didn’t also increase the rate for younger Australians.ACOSS had called for the government to raise JobSeeker to $76 a day.
About 57,000 single parents will receive $176.90 more per fortnight in an expansion of the parenting payment program.It’s a reversal of a crackdown implemented by the Gillard government.Previously, single parents would have had to transfer to JobSeeker when the child turned eight.
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