Tag: JobSeeker
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Your student debt increases by 7.1 per cent today: what is being done politically and how will it affect you?
The 7.1 per cent indexation rate for HECS-HELP is an added stressor for many university students and graduates following recent record inflation and cost-of-living pressures. OTR journalist Robert Hicks asks experts and political parties how this indexation will affect students, and what they are planning to do — or not do.
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How does the 2023-24 Budget impact young Australians?
Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers has handed down his second budget aimed at striking a balance between “responsible and affordable” amid rising living costs, but what’s in it for young people?
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Big spending on immigration detention while many are stranded below the poverty line
While the Federal Government continues to pour money into immigration detention, our social security system is in dire need of reform.
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Changes to jobseeker and how it will affect students
Changes to Jobseeker payments and conditions raise concern among students, Chelsea Shepherd reports.
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Pressure mounts on Morrison Government to increase JobSeeker payments post COVID-19
By Meika Bottrill | @meikabottrill As Australia begins to relax COVID-19 restrictions, many are concerned that the JobSeeker payments will be the next to go. (Image Source: United States Studies Centre) Advocates for the JobSeeker scheme have spoken out about their disappointment with the speculation of payments returning to the equivalent of $40 a day…
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JobSeeker to return to mutual obligations from June 9
The government has announced that from today it is reinforcing mutual obligations as a requirement for individuals to receive JobSeeker payments.
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