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The end of JobSeeker corronavirus supplement payments compounds this Australian family’s battle to beat poverty – ABC News
From living the good life to surviving on Centrelink, this family say the JobSeeker payment entrenches poverty.
Mike Sadler and Liz McKay started plotting their escape from poverty five years ago.
After years of financial collapse and personal setbacks, the couple had a plan to break the Centrelink cycle.
Looking back, they still can’t believe how quickly their lives changed.
Not that long ago they had it all. Mike’s IT career was on the upswing.
They had a leased car, and a negatively geared apartment.Then Mike was retrenched three times between 2005 and 2011.
“The GFC happened about the same time,” Mike…
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