1 April 2021
ACOSS is concerned for the wellbeing of 3 million people including one million children, who will have a grim Easter and face a stark future as the Coronavirus Supplement ends with no adequate increase in a raft of social security payments.
From 1 April, JobSeeker will be cut by $50 a week seeing people go from $51/day to $44/day because of the loss of the $75 a week Coronavirus Supplement.
People who will be $50 a week worse off from today include:
- 1.2million people on JobSeeker
- 343,000 single parents, mostly women
- 330,000 ppl on Youth Allowance and
- 80,000 on AusStudy, AbStudy, Widow Allowance, and other income support.
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