Increasing JobSeeker is long overdue. Here’s how we could do it, without breaking the budget
- Written by Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, POLIS@ANU Centre for Social Policy Research, Australian National University
In the lead-up to the federal budget, there’s much focus on what the government will do to address cost-of-living pressures for households amid rising inflation and interest rates.
Research shows where those cost-of-living stresses are greatest. It’s not the vast bulk of middle-income Australia, but working-age welfare recipients.
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