A welfare payments increase for more than one million Australians is all but confirmed after the Coalition resolved not to stand in the way of the $40 per fortnight top up. Opposition MPs voted to amend the bill to try to beef-up the number of hours unemployed people can workContinue Reading
Social justice advocates have hit back at Ben Fordham over his stoush with unemployed Melburnian Jez Heywood, accusing the 2GB host of “bullying” and “scapegoating” the less fortunate. Fordham last week told the 47-year-old to “get a job”, after the graphic designer’s comments to The Australian unhappy about the $20-a-weekContinue Reading
An unemployed Melburnian who complained about the $20-a-week increase to Jobseeker has clashed with Ben Fordham in a fiery interview on radio, after the 2GB host last week told the graphic designer to “get a job”. But in “positive development”, Fordham says Jez Heywood, 47, has now been flooded withContinue Reading
Some Australians are being locked out of the employment market despite record-high levels of job vacancies, according to a new report urging the federal government to do more to help. Entry-level positions are disappearing across Australia, according to the report from Anglicare Australia which says 15 people are competing forContinue Reading