The government's changes to the JobSeeker and JobKeeper schemes have failed to fix the obvious errors which have seen some Australians overpaid and others losing out entirely, according to Shadow Treasurer Jim Chalmers. JobSeeker payments will be slashed to $815 a fortnight from September as the Coalition moves to keep COVID-19 support payments until at least the end of the year.
Those figures will be reduced to $1000 and $650 in the March quarter. The $550 JobSeeker supplement will be reduced to $250 in September but those on it will be able to earn $300 without affecting the payments. "It is very troubling ... to see unemployment rising in the September quarter, in the December quarter, and it will keep rising," Mr Chalmers said.
JEChalmers Hes a smart man this is being managed and updated and foward thinking every day if knob jockey there could do it better why does he not tell the people of australia he seems that he can do a better job but he is just silence and no productive blah blah
JEChalmers I work for myself, small services business... because I don’t employ anyone I get no help at all - no business cashflow assistance, no Jobkeeper.... next month I have to fail for bankruptcy and go on the dole... Yet just hear them speak about helping ... we are not stupid!
JEChalmers Yet he won't tell us what Labor would have done, how much it costs or what the full economic and health impact would have been from their plan. Do they even have a plan?
JEChalmers And further and further the opposition goes into irrelevancy. You've got nothing Chalmers. The only thing you can stutter out is the money borrowed and the debt. Which your party was aware of and help facilitate. Hypocrisy of the highest order.
JEChalmers Forever in the shadows...
JEChalmers Many of my colleague working 10 hours per weeks But they are eligible for $1500 per fortnight lmao