‘Major reform of social security needed’: Senate committee
Urgent “major reform of the social security system” is needed after a Senate committee found payments such as Jobseeker would need to be almost doubled to keep people above poverty levels.
Urgent “major reform of the social security system” is needed after a Senate committee found payments such as Jobseeker would need to be almost doubled to keep people above poverty levels.
Australia’s unemployment safety net is below the poverty line with the vast majority of recipients having to skip meals to get by, but Prime Minister Scott Morrison indicates he will let over a million people go hungry in six months time.