Some of Australia’s lowest income earners are struggling to stay financially afloat as JobSeeker payments fail to keep up with rising living costs, advocates warn. Latest research by Anglicare Australia found most Centrelink payments, which are only raised by CPI, are failing to cover basic weekly budgets despite essential costsContinue Reading
About five million Australians on social security payments will receive a cash boost when indexation kicks in on Wednesday. People on the age pension, disability support pension and carer payment will receive an extra $19.60 a fortnight for singles and $29.40 for couples every two weeks, starting on March 20.Continue Reading
About five million Australians on social security payments will receive a cash boost when indexation kicks in later this month. People on the age pension, disability support pension and carer payment will receive an extra $19.60 a fortnight for singles and $29.40 for couples every two weeks, starting March 20.Continue Reading
Millions of Australians receiving government support will have their payments lifted by as much as $50 a fortnight as a small relief in the cost of living crisis. More than 5.5 million people receiving income support or a pension will have their payments increased when indexation takes effect on SeptemberContinue Reading
Australia’s worsening rental crisis is forcing women to stay in violent relationships, leaving them in a state of “perpetual crisis”, a senate inquiry has heard. Frontline workers and domestic violence advocates spoke in a hearing in Sydney on Thursday and pleaded for the government to increase rental assistance. Law ReformContinue Reading
Services Australia staff across the country will take part in a one-hour work stoppage on Tuesday after rebuffing the agency’s proposed changes to workplace conditions and the Albanese government’s 10.5 per cent pay offer. The escalation comes as negotiations between management and the Commonwealth Public Sector Union (CPSU) become increasinglyContinue Reading
More than 4.7 million Australians will receive a cash boost to their social security payments to help them cope with the soaring cost of living from Monday. Australian households spent an average of 11.2 per cent more in December 2022 than in the same month the previous year, according toContinue Reading
The Albanese government is being urged to scrap the upcoming Stage 3 tax cuts in favour of lifting the JobSeeker rate to push more Australians out of poverty. A pre-budget submission by Anglicare Australia argues the upcoming cuts, scheduled to kick in next year, would “erode much of Australia’s progressiveContinue Reading