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When the Coronavirus Supplement stops, JobSeeker needs to increase by $185 a week

  • Written by Peter Whiteford, Professor, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University
When the Coronavirus Supplement stops, JobSeeker needs to increase by $185 a weekJames Gourley/AAP

The Morrison government’s changes to welfare payments were among its most significant responses to the coronavirus crisis.

In April, the new Coronavirus Supplement roughly doubled the level of benefits for unemployed people on the JobSeeker Payment (called Newstart until March) and a range of other working-age payments.

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