Measly increase more insult than incentive

March 2 2021 - 11:00am

Exactly what will $3.57 buy you these days? Not much at all, really. A loaf of bread perhaps but certainly not a coffee - not that anyone relying on JobSeeker would ever contemplate buying a coffee. Put it away each day for a fortnight and it adds to up to the $50 per fortnight increase to the JobSeeker allowance announced this week by the Morrison government.

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