The Albanese government is preparing for a small rise in the $50 daily payment in a bid to provide cost-of-living relief for women and long-term jobless. 9News
Treasurer Jim Chalmers this morning declined to rule out the Jobseeker changes.
"Without pre-empting what may or may not be in the budget the JobSeeker payment already makes a distinction for people closer to the aged payment,"READ MORE:The government has been under pressure from welfare groups and some Labor MPs to raise the Jobseeker payment. Four Labor MPs last week signed a letter organised by the Australian Council for Social Services calling for an increase. Other Labor MPs have publicly backed an increase.to just under $1000 a fortnight. The proposal, which would cost the budget $34 billion, was rejected by Treasurer Jim Chalmers. The Australian Financial Reviewhe same cohort of long-term unemployed people would also be receiving increased rental assistance of up to 25 per cent.
Infrastructure Minister, Catherine King, told the ABC yesterday, that it was "incredibly difficult for people" to live on the current rate of the payment."I think particularly when you've got a budget, you know, you've got inflation running through the economy in the way in which it is, I don't think anybody thinks that the JobSeeker rate is adequate for people."
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