The government has announced a $25 per week increase in welfare from April 1, as will the commitments requires from individuals receiving the unemployment benefits. Subscribe: http://ab.co/1svxLVE Read more here: https://ab.co/3qMWfzh
This means 1.95 million Australians who are currently on working-age payments will receive a boost, including those on JobSeeker, Parenting Payment, Youth Allowance and Austudy.
The government will also reinstate face-to-face appoints with job services providers, which had been suspended during the pandemic.
The number of job searches a recipient must undertake will also rise from 8 per month now to 15 from April, then 20 from July.
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