Welfare groups and charities have criticised Labor’s decision to drop a review of the JobSeeker rate | rachelclun
Welfare advocates, including those who have worked with Labor leader Anthony Albanese, are disappointed the party is no longer considering raising JobSeeker, particularly given the leader’s personal experience of living on a low income.
“He’s got a really good idea of what it’s like to struggle because he struggled himself as a kid. That’s why I find it surprising,” Crews, who has served Christmas Day lunch to homeless people alongside Albanese, said. “[Labor’s policy] means struggling people will keep struggling and more work goes our way, it’s disappointing.”policy to keep the JobSeeker payment at $642.70 a fortnightAustralian Council of Social Services chief executive Dr Cassandra Goldie said there are 1.
On Tuesday, Albanese held a photo opportunity at the Father Bob Maguire Foundation in Melbourne with the foundation’s namesake.Maguire said he has had to extend his charity work - expanding the open pantry in Broadmeadows, and creating the BobKeeper Easter appeal - to support growing numbers of families struggling to get by.Anthony Albanese and Father Bob Maguire viewing the packed chocolate Easter eggs during a visit to the Father Bob Maguire Foundation in South Melbourne on Tuesday.
He denied Labor had changed plans on JobSeeker, saying: “We haven’t dumped anything. What we have said is we don’t have a plan to increase the JobSeeker allowance in our first budget.”
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