Winding back JobKeeper and JobSeeker will push 740,000 Australians into poverty
- Written by Ben Phillips, Associate Professor, Centre for Social Research and Methods, Director, Centre for Economic Policy Research (CEPR), Australian National University
lakshmiprasada S/ShutterstockAustralian National University calculations suggest JobKeeper and the boosted JobSeeker payment have saved about 2.2 million people from poverty.
It’s a remarkable outcome without precedent in Australia.
JobKeeper was set at A$1,500 per fortnight and the Coronavirus Supplement was set high enough to double JobSeek...
