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Cut dole to $40-a-day except for long-term jobless: Employer group – The Sydney Morning Herald
One of the nation’s largest employer groups wants JobSeeker to snap back to the pre-coronavirus rate.
At the height of the outbreak of the virus the federal government introduced a $550-a-fortnight supplement in addition to the standard dole level, effectively doubling the payments, but it has since tapered this support as more Australians returned to the workforce and restrictions eased.
It is critical to get the balance right between the needs of the unemployed, the fiscal impact on the economy and the appropriate rate that incentivises those who are able, to get a job, the chamber submission…
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