Could you live on $40 a day? Readers respond to call for permanent increase in JobSeeker payment

While some readers said that the unemployed expected too much from government, and JobSeeker was only ever designed to be a short-term safety net, for others it was simple: Australia can and must do better to help those out of work.

source https://www.smh.com.au/politics/federal/could-you-live-on-40-a-day-readers-respond-to-call-for-permanent-increase-in-jobseeker-payment-20201119-p56g0g.html?ref=rss&utm_medium=rss&utm_source=rss_feed