JobSeeker and JobKeeper end today to open the door to neoliberalism on a new level
By Joe Montero The JobSeeker payment supplement has come to an end. Longer term unemployed, those now out of a job because of Covid-19, and […]
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Video: How people are getting rich from your unemployment
For the hundred of thousands of unemployed people in Australia, joblessness means living in poverty. But for the people who are supposed to help us […]
Campaign to reverse JobSeeker cut to be launched
By Joe Montero Pretending to offer a small increase in JobSeeker, the Morrison government is really handing out a massive cut on 29 March. During […]
Class prejudice and greed fuels attack on the poor, unemployed and wage earners
By Joe Montero When talking about the new cut to the JobSeeker payment, social services minister Anne Ruston said: “This is about getting the balance […]
Miserable $25 a week JobSeeker rise is really a cut
By Joe Montero We now know that government ministers have agreed to permanently lift the JobSeeker payment by $50 a fortnight or $25 a week. […]
Reverse cuts to JobSeeker and JobKeeper
By Jim Hayes January this year, began with many Australians without a job with just $51.20 a day to get by. This was because of […]
Top ranking economists call for big increase to JobSeeker
Contributed Unemployment benefits in Australia, under whatever name, have fallen over several decades, to well below poverty level. In its present incarnation as JobSeeker, it […]
