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JobSeeker: Aussies brace for $100 per fortnight cuts – PerthNow
Millions of Aussies will lose $100 a fortnight next year as the government pushes ahead with a controversial plan.
Millions of Aussies will lose $100 a fortnight next year as the government pushes ahead with a controversial plan.
The JobSeeker payment will drop from $250 per fortnight to $150 on January 1 before the JobKeeper rate is cut by $200 three days later.
Two million Australians on JobSeeker, Youth Allowance and other forms of welfare will be affected.
The JobSeeker payment was initially set at $550 at the height of the pandemic, but the Coalition has always insisted the boost was temporary. It was…
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