Australia's jobless benefits will be among worst in OECD after Covid supplement cut

 A low-paid Australian worker laid off during the pandemic will receive the third lowest unemployment benefit in the OECD when the coronavirus supplement is reduced, according to expert analysis.


Despite mass unemployment and an extended stage-four lockdown in Melbourne, the federal government plans to push ahead with a $300 cut to the supplement on 25 September, reducing the base rate of benefits to about $815 a fortnight.



Read more: https://www.theguardian.com/business/2020/sep/08/australias-jobless-benefits-will-be-among-worst-in-oecd-after-covid-supplement-cut

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