Good news for those looking for jobs or waiting to go back to jobs. The jobseeker and jobkeeper payments have been extended though reduced to some degree.
Jobseeker will be continued past september at $815 a fortnight down from $1100 (ish) per fortnight. This is of course a reduction but I’m glad to see this has been extended in its current form rather than reduced to is old rate. Job seekers will be expected to look for work too.
Job keeper payments have had the same treatment tho a bit more complex falling from $1500 per fortnight to $1200 or $750 a fortnight if you work less than 20 hours per week.
Ideally i guess we’d all like to see it say at the previous rate. We do have to remember this is raising debt that we all have to pay back at some point. Maybe not you, but your children and grandchildren. On the other hand the increased payments has definitely set money circulating in the community again, and will undoubtably help many business and people avoid running up massive debts.
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