#Jobseeker

Luke Henriques-Gomes

Changes to jobseeker payment at end of Sept: - Coronavirus supplement falls from $550pf to $250 (jobseeker falls to $815.70pf in total) and will expire at end of 2020- income

Luke Henriques-Gomes

The PBO has done a big analysis of jobseeker payments trends over decades and it what it shows really is a national failure. https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/30/older-women-and-disabled-people-hardest-hit-by-australias-assault-

AWU - Australian Workers' Union

Hi @growcom @NSWFarmersAustralian taxpayers shouldn’t be asked to pick up the bill for growers failing to pay minimum wage.It’s about time Australian farmers paid Australian wages and stopped exploiting labour

Stephen Koukoulas

Please note - not 1 cent of the Jobseeker payments have hit anyone's bank account yet. Slow & tied up in red tape #4Corners * $130 billion Jobkeeper

💧StoryGirl (Jemma) - Black Lives Matter

Good on you @JaneCaro! You're not the only one who is furious about this issue.I am a 50yo woman who is functionally homeless (couch surfing at the moment) and there

AusUnemployment

Time for a dose of economic reality. Here are the numbers that matter to social security recipients and the recovery, not the cherry-picked best-case scenarios from #Budget2020.There was no increase

FFS pollies saying we need to "get back to work", "hiding under the doona", "enjoying the Jobkeeper/Jobseeker lifestyle". Meanwhile, your lot pulled the pin at the first sign of trouble,

Fred Flange (aka Phil Burn)

@TnlKaren 1/2:A Few Questions:1. Do you believe Religions should remain Tax-Exempt?2. Should Federal Govt subsidize Catholic Schools & Colleges?3. Do you support Trade Unions?4. Should Jobseeker payments be retained at

With the JobSeeker doubling, & free childcare, Morrison has outflanked unions, labor, greens, acoss, etc from the left. It’s pathetic — we need to be bolderhttps://twitter.com/markclayton94/status/1245559722373046277 As it stands, a

Luke Henriques-Gomes

I will be tweeting Department of Social Services #estimates today. And filing to @GuardianAus blog #auspol Just going through some DSS advertising contracts at the moment. Katy Gallagher wanted to

#FixAUWU ... (1 of 6)The unemployed organisation is going through some GROWING pains. http://www.AUWU.org.au Let's tweak the internals and get on with the show.All the "elephants in the room" are in

Anthony Albanese

Today, the Morrison Government began cutting JobSeeker. In a few days' time, they'll begin cutting JobKeeper too.2020 has already been the year from hell – and this will only make

Esther Anatolitis

Treasurer @JoshFrydenberg is speaking with @PatsKarvelas now on @abcnews re the Australian Government's 60-billion-dollar, 3-million-person error on JobKeeper projections – and what justifications possibly remain for excluding 1m cas

Adam Samuel 🧼

PERSPECTIVE: The Aus Govt shouldn’t bail out Virgin Australia as per @richardbranson tweet. A thread. #COVID19Aus #VirginAustralia Let’s be real and let’s be a business person. Virgin is 92% owned

Rory - ADHD Autistic OCD

811 million a quarter in Landlord subsidies seems grotesque. 3.2 Billion a year in LANDLORD SUBSIDES. To put that in context we spend 2.3753 Billion on JobSeeker Support payments. It's

Tomorrow the Liberals will push 1.8 million people below the poverty line by slashing the coronavirus supplement. At the same time they're planning more tax cuts for the rich.Here's a