Cutting JobSeeker payments will cause crippling rental stress in our cities
- Written by Simone Casey, Research Associate, Future Social Service Institute, RMIT University
Antonio Guillem/ShutterstockAs soon as the COVID-19 pandemic caused businesses to shut down, state governments acted to avoid evictions by introducing moratoriums, and the federal government introduced the Coronavirus Supplement of A$550 on top of the fortnightly JobSeeker payment. These measures were intended to enable 1.6 million Australians to...





