Unemployed Australians Could Be Receiving A Permanent 100 A Week Boost To Their Dole Payments To Encourage People To Spend More If A Think Tank Has Its Way

Unemployed Australians could be receiving a permanent $100 a week boost to their dole payments to encourage people to spend more, if a think tank has its way.
Since April 27, tour bali giá rẻ the JobSeeker benefit has been temporarily doubled from the old Newstart rate of $565.70 a fortnight to $1,115.70, with a $550 [/news/coronavirus/index.html coronavirus] supplement.
With that short-term boost ending in September, the Grattan Institute [ ] is calling for a permanent $100 a week increase.
This would take JobSeeker payments to $765.70 a fortnight.
It estimated this policy would cost $2billion in 2021-21 and $8billion in 2021-22, marking the first permanent increase in the dole beyond inflation since 1994.
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Unemployed Australians could be receiving a permanent $100 a week boost to their dole payments to encourage people to spend more, if the Grattan Institute think tank had its way.

Since April 27, the JobSeeker benefit has been temporarily doubled from the old Newstart rate of $565.70 a fortnight to $1,115.70, with a $550 coronavirus supplement. Pictured is a March Centrelink queue in March
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Social Services Minister Anne Ruston, who is in charge of Centrelink, kynghidongduong.vn on Sunday ruled out a less generous $75 a week increase.
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