Forcing single parents on to Newstart has saved budget $5b, but increased poverty canberratimes.com.au/story/6650793/… via Canberra Times

Important discussions about the lived experiences of people with disabilities at Whitlam Institute this afternoon. Louise St Guillaume notes that in Sept 2019 there were 295,889 people with a a 'partial capacity to work' on Newstart in Australia

Eryk Bagshaw This from the last general social survey by ABS in 2014 showed cash flow is a real issue for a large number of Australians. In this case, the question was ability to raise $2000 in a week...

When it comes to sick leave, we're not much better prepared for coronavirus than the US theconversation.com/when-it-comes-… via The Conversation - Australia + New Zealand

Today, #Newstart allowance for unemployed was renamed the #JobSeekerPayment . For a single adult the rate crept up by 48 cents a day to $40.41 a day. At this time, we need to urgently lift barely subsistence payments for social security recipients. #auspol #ausecon #COVID2019AU

This week #Newstart for unemployed people was renamed #JobSeekerPayment. But the rate is as little as $40.41 a day. This must be a national priority. We must address the meagre #safetynet for our #socialsecurity recipients. #auspol #coronavirusau sharethepie.com.au

We welcome this vital new Federal Gov measure as an urgent recognition of intense pressures jobseekers are facing at this moment of crisis. Australia’s social #safetynet, already fraying, needs permanent repair. Not ScoMo Josh Frydenberg #stimulus #auspol

Thread with detail of today’s Fed Govt stimulus that includes temporary doubling of the #JobseekerPayment formerly known as #Newstart

The $550pf boost to Jobseeker Payment means unemployment benefits are now above the Henderson poverty line. The most recent update put the poverty line at $545.82 per week. The new, temporary boosted Jobseeker Payment rate is $565.70 per week. #auspol #Covid_19australia

‘$10 in her bank account’

Calls to abandon the #CashlessDebitCard (#CDC) trials in response to #COVID19Aus #cashlesswelfare

Jobs Minister Michaelia Cash has announced that the Government is waiving 'mutual obligations' requirements on jobseekers receiving payments, initially til March 31 but possibly longer. She says they won't be penalised for being unable to attend job appointments or activities.

Wow. More than 280,000 people have already lodged an ‘intent to claim’ a welfare payment at 2.30pm today, Stuart Robert has said. The option was only introduced today. People's livelihoods have been destroyed. #auspol #coronavirusau

It took this virus to expose our meanest streak - the pitiful Newstart allowance smh.com.au/national/it-to… via The Sydney Morning Herald

Today we’ve taken a closer look at the million short-term casual workers currently excluded from the JobKeeper wage subsidy. Many are parents re-entering the workforce, others have no choice but to move jobs frequently. Read it here: bit.ly/3e0imfF