JobSeeker is the Australian Unemployment benefit payment and is paid every two weeks, to eligible applicants.
JobSeeker rates normally increase every 6 months, and the next increase is due from 20 September 2023.
The rate will increase by the proposed $56 per fortnight, … Read the rest
JobSeeker is the Australian Unemployment benefit payment and is paid every two weeks, to eligible applicants.
Fortnightly Payment rate.
$693.10 Single, 22 or over, no children (increased from $642.70 in March 2022).
$745.20 Single, 22 or over, with children (increased … Read the rest
Compared to many other countries, the Unemployment benefit in Australia, currently called Jobseeker, is quite reasonable. Not enough to live comfortably on, but better than nothing.
There are many stories in the news, especially around election times, saying how low it is, and … Read the rest
Unemployment Benefits in Australia have recently been known as either Newstart or Jobseeker, and are increased every year by the cost of living increase for that period.
The historical rates, shown below with the annual increase, are for each single person, with no … Read the rest
It has been announced that the Jobseeker payment will increase by $50 per fortnight from April 2021.
Confirmation is to come.
This would make the fortnightly Jobseeker payments from April 2021, to become:
This post is to show that many people, including news outlets, and myself, can easily get confused by these two terms: JobSeeker and JobKeeper.
Keeping the original term “NewStart” instead of “JobSeeker”, might have been better.
This is a news … Read the rest
A $100 rise per fortnight, to the JobSeeker allowance, would cost the Australian taxpayer an extra $3.2 billion per year.
That is according to figures from Bankwest Curtin Economics Centre.
Numbers are often looked at as just numbers with no … Read the rest
Update and Reminder.
The rate of JobSeeker payments was not increased or reduced, it is still (in December 2020) at the same rate as it was in March 2020.
The extra money that some people have been receiving is the … Read the rest
The Coronavirus Supplement for Jobseeker and other welfare benefits is set to continue after the scheduled end date of 31 December 2020, but at a lower rate.
A statement from Centrelink about this Coronavirus Supplement change from 1st January 2021 was:
From … Read the rest
The Prime Minister has now stated that coronavirus recipients should expect some part of the supplement to continue into 2021.
On Tuesday 27 October, the Prime Minister said that he expect the new JobSeeker rate will be lower than what it is right … Read the rest
