The government could easily index jobseeker to whichever is highest of the CPI or wage price index
  • WaterWaiver@aussie.zoneEnglish
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    6 months ago

    I thought Jobseeker was an emergency fund to assist with seeking jobs.

    You’ve fallen for the rename. It didn’t used to be called “jobseeker”. It covers people who can’t work too.

    • saltesc@lemmy.world
      1·
      6 months ago

      There are separate things for that. You’re looking for things like invalidity payments, etc. It’s not all done under one thing anymore since that was very inappropriate. Jobseeker is the one for ability to work and seeking it, but currently don’t have it.