Unemployment Payments



Amid debate about increasing the levels of job search compliance and threat of sanctioning those considered ‘job snobs’, it is time to engage in dialogue… Read More ›

It’s Time for a Cross-Disciplinary Conversation About the Effectiveness of Job Seeker Sanctions

There is a lot to dislike and to be concerned about with government these days. The drop in moral and ethical standards; lack of transparency… Read More ›

With Meagre JobSeeker Increase, Morrison Government Continues to Show No Shame

Fifty dollars sounds like a lot. But the increase in the JobSeeker unemployment benefit announced by Prime Minister Morrison on Tuesday is $50 per fortnight,… Read More ›

The $50 Boost to JobSeeker Will Take Australia’s Payment From the Lowest in the OECD to the Second-Lowest After Greece

For a brief period when the JobSeeker unemployment benefit was increased to $550 per week and conditionality was relaxed, Australians had access to a type… Read More ›

Has COVID-19 Opened the Door to an Australian Basic Income?

Being unemployed is difficult, and unemployment payments are designed to ensure that job seekers are generally financially better off from increasing their hours of work.… Read More ›

The Effect of Penalties on Job Seekers

In Part 1, I used three desirable attributes (equity, efficiency and simplicity) of a coherent tax and transfer system to assess the 2020-21 personal income… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2020] Getting Coherence into the Equity Debate – Part 2

In putting together his unprecedented pandemic budget, Treasurer Josh Frydenberg had two big tasks: to support the economy now, and to kick-start the next boom.… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2020] It’s Not the Size of the Budget Deficit That Counts; It’s How You Use It

Perhaps the most disappointing aspect of government in our country over the last several decades has been how politics has been increasingly short-term in its… Read More ›

[Budget Forum 2020] It’s Time to Meet Key Social Policy Challenges in COVID Recovery

1 2 3 4
top