YOUR SAY: Should JobSeeker payments be increased? Calls are growing for JobSeeker payments to be raised to at least $76 per day to support low-income earners during the cost of living crisis. MORE: 9News
"With more than three million people in poverty in Australia, this Budget must deliver cost of living relief for those who need it most and help shape a more inclusive society," Goldie said.Single Australians on JobSeeker are currently forced to live on less than $50 a day.It has also called for improved energy efficiency in low-income homes, further investment in social housing, and cancellation of the planned 2024-25 income tax cuts.
"ACOSS welcomes the government's modest superannuation changes but more needs to be done to raise adequate revenue including cancelling the $18 billion-a-year Stage Three tax cuts which overwhelmingly benefit the top 20 per cent of income earners – mostly men," an ACOSS statement reads.
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