Winding back JobKeeper and JobSeeker will push 740,000 Australians into poverty
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lakshmiprasada S/ShutterstockAustralian National University calculations suggest JobKeeper and the boosted JobSeeker payment have saved about 2.2 million people from poverty.
It’s a remarkable outcome without precedent in Australia.
JobKeeper was set at A$1,500 per fortnight and the Coronavirus Supplement was set high enough to double JobSeek...
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