Presented with a JobSeeker finding too clear to ignore, he changed the subject: how Jim Chalmers is shaping the budget
- Written by The Conversation
What was Treasurer Jim Chalmers thinking?
Late last year he set up a committee he specifically asked to tell him how bad JobSeeker was.
The exact words in its terms of reference required it to advise him on the “adequacy, effectiveness and sustainability of income support payments”.
It is true that he was sort of forced to. Independent...