Opinion
Treasurer Josh Frydenberg has the boldness and opportunity with a pandemic-hit economy to work on dramatically lowering the nation’s jobless rate, argues Peter Martin.
Opinion
The Morrison Government’s lifting of JobSeeker payments by $3.57 a day while axing the coronavirus supplement ensures recipients will continue to live in poverty. But it’s also a substantial blow to the state economy, writes Greg Ogle.
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The Morrison Government is tipped to announce a modest boost to fortnightly JobSeeker payments once coronavirus supplements are scrapped – but the increase is expected to be paired with stricter mutual obligation requirements.
South Australia’s unemployment rate jumped to 7.1 per cent in January to leapfrog the falling national average and become the highest of all the states and territories.
The Morrison Government is considering calls to permanently lift unemployment payments when the coronavirus supplement is axed on March 31. Louise Miller Frost argues why an increase – and tackling poverty – is both a social and economic necessity.
The Morrison government has been warned that reducing the JobSeeker dole payment to its pre-pandemic level after a coronavirus supplement ends on March 31 will result in a national crisis.
