Raise the rate
The Jobkeeper and Jobseeker payments have supported many Australians doing it tough during this COVID-19 period. With the $550 fortnightly Jobseeker supplement added to the Newstart payment, welfare recipients had gone from receiving $574 to $1,100 per fortnight. In an effort to keep employers and employees connected, the Jobkeeper payment of $1,500 per fortnight is paid to existing employees by their employers who qualify for the scheme. The increased support payments substa
