Life has become disproportionately harder for those on the lowest incomes and therefore welfare payments should be increased in the May budget, advocates say.
In Jamie Lee's fortnightly budget there's enough money for about four bus trips in her Tasmanian city. She can do two trips out and two trips home, for anything else there's simply not enough money from her Jobseeker payment after rent and bills are paid. "If I do go out for dinner, I won't order anything, I'll just sit there," she said on Monday.
' budget submission calls for JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and related payments to be lifted to at least the pension rate, currently $80 per day. JobSeeker for a single person with no dependents is currently $55 and the Youth Allowance for $45 per day. The rates vary for people with children.
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