Some welfare recipients are waiting up to three months for their applications to be processed, in a revelation the Coalition has slammed as “embarrassing and unacceptable”. Services Australia tabled new data during senate estimates this weeks, showing processing times have blown out in the last quarter of 2023, compared toContinue Reading
Barnaby Joyce has slammed Labor’s plan for increasing Jobseeker payments and urged unemployed Aussies to get a job in a fiery rant on Sunrise Jobseeker payments are set to be increased by $56 a fortnight in September in an effort to combat the rising cost of living in Australia. TheContinue Reading
Three red flags indicate the global economy is in even worse shape than expected, leaving Australia well and truly exposed. In recent weeks, there has been widespread panic about the US debt ceiling crisis, with the world’s biggest economy running out of cash – fast. Tense negotiations are currently underwayContinue Reading
A single mum has revealed why she decided to quit her “dream job” at the “pinnacle” of her career, revealing she was happier when living on welfare. In a viral social media video earlier this month, Alicia explained that at 30, she was “experiencing severe burnout”. She had been workingContinue Reading
A restaurant owner has invited unemployed Melburnian Jez Heywood to apply for one of nearly 200 vacancies, saying he’s “struggling” to find workers and slamming the Jobseeker increase as “ridiculous”. Chris Lucas, owner of high-end restaurants including Chin Chin and Grill Americano, weighed in on the tiff between Mr Heywood,Continue Reading
Anthony Albanese has dodged a question about whether a $2.80 a day increase to Jobseeker payments amounts to a “fair go” for unemployed Australians. The Prime Minister was pressed on the decision to increase a range of unemployment benefits by a $40 fortnight in question time the day after hisContinue 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
While there have always been many different versions of Australia existing simultaneously across our vast nation, the pandemic really rammed home how vastly different life could be even within Aussie borders. But now with the pandemic hopefully in the rear-view mirror forever, the divergence between the different conditions being experiencedContinue Reading