Four in five people living on boosted welfare payments will be forced to skip meals if the coronavirus supplement is cut and almost half will also have to ration their medicines, a new survey has found.
Four in five people living on pandemic-boosted welfare payments will be forced to skip meals if the coronavirus supplement is cut.More than 2.2 million job seekers, young people and parents have received an extra $550 per fortnight throughout the coronavirus pandemic.This will leave two in five people living on less than $14 a day after paying their rent.
The Australian Council of Social Service is using the findings to ramp up pressure on the government to keep the supplement in place.
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