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News

Boosted Centrelink pandemic payments briefly lifted recipients out of poverty: report

Emergency pandemic welfare money suddenly lifted some of the poorest people in Melbourne out of poverty, according to new research – but they began slipping back when payments were reduced.

National

JobMaker youth subsidy go ahead after older worker protections knocked out

The JobMaker scheme giving employers cash to hire young workers has passed through federal parliament, after One Nation backed away from supporting a move to disqualify businesses which sacked older staff in order to get the payment.

National

Minister tells unemployed to "put their toe" in jobs market as Centrelink Jobseeker faces cut

The minister responsible for welfare payments is encouraging unemployed people to “test their opportunity in the jobs market” as the government prepares to cut JobSeeker by $100 a fortnight.

 

Opinion

Finding the balance between jobs and unemployment

Cutting unemployment to below four per cent post-pandemic is important for workers and the economy, but eliminating it is near unachievable – and that’s not all negative,  argues Richard Holden.

National

Demands for older workers not to be axed for JobMaker youth subsidy

Employers who sack older staff to take advantage of taxpayer cash for hiring young workers could be excluded from the JobMaker wage subsidy scheme, while corporations found to have underpaid workers or recently paid dividends to shareholders could also be cut out.