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JobSeeker changes have passed Parliament, what does that mean?

Unemployed Australians will receive an extra $25 a week after changes to the JobSeeker base rate passed Parliament. Here's what you need to know about when it comes into effect and what else is changing.
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I wonder what their "intensive training" will entail?
 
eddiesmith said:
I've found the biggest problem in regional Victoria is areas that appear to have never grown outside their original small footprint and all the houses are very, very old are very hard to find something you'd want to live in.

Better regional areas that have had newer houses built will offer a lot better and affordable options. You can get a fairly new 3 bedroom house for about 350-400 a week in some areas or an older style house for under 300.

It really depends on how many options there are in that market.
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Snobbing the jobs and the houses
 

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JobSeeker changes have passed Parliament, what does that mean?

Unemployed Australians will receive an extra $25 a week after changes to the JobSeeker base rate passed Parliament. Here's what you need to know about when it comes into effect and what else is changing.
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I wonder what their "intensive training" will entail?
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That doesn't specify if it's $25 a week on top of the permanent rate rise ( $50 a F/N ) starting after march.

Sounds like it's just the same one which just makes the past 24hrs on twitter an auspol wank
 
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Farm workers earning as little as $1.25 an hour, says union wage-theft report

The federal opposition says some workers are underpaid and exploited but farmers argue piece rates drive productivity and a minimum wage won't drive out "rogue operators".
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It's always the "rogue operators"...
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And yet the Morrison Government had an opportunity to wipe out these ''rogues'' and squibbed at the last minute - withdrawing a section that would have seen Directors responsible for underpaying workers
 
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Here's a riddle: What does a Centrelink recipient have in common with Gerry Harvey?

It turns out that most of the companies on the ASX didn't need the Government's Job Keeper payment, so healthy has their rebound been, and most of them have decided they're keeping the money, writes Virgina Trioli.
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Gerry Harvey: Absolute ******* scum of the earth.
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So they were eligible for Jobkeeper based on the goverments rules, the business survived covid and is flourishing (like a shit load of businesses) and you expect them to pay back jobkeeper? A main reason for jobkeeper was to keep businesses afloat during the first 6 months of covid and then hiope they can stand on their own two feet....

I have no doubt (and i know first hand, alot of businesses have done this), that Big Businesses manufactured a result to become eligible for Jobkeeper. Was always going to happen especially with the 'one bad month gets you 6 months Jobkeeper' eligibility. It was very easy to manufacture results.
 
FRUMPY said:
So they were eligible for Jobkeeper based on the goverments rules, the business survived covid and is flourishing (like a sh*t load of businesses) and you expect them to pay back jobkeeper? A main reason for jobkeeper was to keep businesses afloat during the first 6 months of covid and then hiope they can stand on their own two feet....

I have no doubt (and i know first hand, alot of businesses have done this), that Big Businesses manufactured a result to become eligible for Jobkeeper. Was always going to happen especially with the 'one bad month gets you 6 months Jobkeeper' eligibility. It was very easy to manufacture results.
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The problem is not the fact that they rorted the system to get Jobkeeper. The problem is that a) businesses like Harvey Norman laid people off over the duration of Jobkeeper and are now experiencing booms or record profits (ie, channelled jobkeeper directly into the shareholder's pockets instead of using it for what it is for) and b) the leniency with which these businesses are being treated by the same government that delivered Robodebt.
 
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The problem is not the fact that they rorted the system to get Jobkeeper. The problem is that a) businesses like Harvey Norman laid people off over the duration of Jobkeeper and are now experiencing booms or record profits (ie, channelled jobkeeper directly into the shareholder's pockets instead of using it for what it is for) and b) the leniency with which these businesses are being treated by the same government that delivered Robodebt.
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They don't get jobkeeper for employees they fired during the jobkeepr period.....

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Government lifts temporary pause on cashless welfare card trial

Nearly 4,000 people across Australia will be forced onto the trial of the federal government's controversial cashless welfare card after a temporary pause on new participants, due to the pandemic, was lifted by the Social Services Minister today.
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Absolute ****ing campaigner.

Australians are just too apathetic to get off their arses to do anything about these ****ers, unfortunately I think Australia as a country is going to have to become as completely deranged as the US before there is any real pushback.
 

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Top companies pocket JobKeeper as shareholders paid millions

Fresh analysis comparing how much companies received in JobKeeper with what they paid in dividends shows some shareholders substantially benefited from the taxpayer-funded wage subsidy.
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'Wreak havoc on my mental health': Not all Jobseekers able to go to the regions as thousands of job vacancies remain open

Billy Vawser has been searching for stable employment since 2015, he says it's not as easy for some to pack up and move to the country for a job.
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Yeah nah, hmm. Lack of affordable housing and medical services is a biggie.
 
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Top companies pocket JobKeeper as shareholders paid millions

Fresh analysis comparing how much companies received in JobKeeper with what they paid in dividends shows some shareholders substantially benefited from the taxpayer-funded wage subsidy.
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'Wreak havoc on my mental health': Not all Jobseekers able to go to the regions as thousands of job vacancies remain open

Billy Vawser has been searching for stable employment since 2015, he says it's not as easy for some to pack up and move to the country for a job.
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Yeah nah, hmm. Lack of affordable housing and medical services is a biggie.
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Billy doesn't make a very convincing argument, it if he does the journalist hasn't articulated it. He says he wants to build experience, take a job. It doesn't have to be your last, and it will look better than 5 years of hanging out with your friends on your resume.
 
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Billy doesn't make a very convincing argument, it if he does the journalist hasn't articulated it. He says he wants to build experience, take a job. It doesn't have to be your last, and it will look better than 5 years of hanging out with your friends on your resume.
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I kind of have issues with people saying "my mental health will suffer".
Unless they already have had issues, its setting yourself up for failure i think.

Its like going into a footy game thinking " i'm gong to be shit today". Thinking like that you probably will.
 
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I kind of have issues with people saying "my mental health will suffer".
Unless they already have had issues, its setting yourself up for failure i think.

Its like going into a footy game thinking " i'm gong to be sh*t today". Thinking like that you probably will.
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I see your POV, but people who think like that are IMO likely to have had or now have notable mental problems, possibly to a degree where it has actually affected their work or studies.

Hence, their pessimism is probably due to past negative conditioning or reinforcement, which is difficult to break for a sustained period.
 

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If you're one of the many Australians losing your JobKeeper payment, read this

More than 100,000 people could be out of work now that JobKeeper has ended. We spoke to the experts to find out how you can get support if you're affected.
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I do odd jobs to supplement the dole - didn't realise that anything I earn over $150 is now (effectively) taxed by 50% and anything over $250 is at 60%. What an incentive to get off your arse. So if I do as I did a couple of weeks ago and drove a van for 14 hours and picked up $250, and another couple of short trips for $100, they will cut the dole by $110. So much for being honest and declaring what I get.

They estimate another 150,000 will become unemployed as a result of JK ending. ****ers are crowing that job advertisements increased by 7 per cent in February to 192,000 vacancies. But the not-so-good news is that for every entry-level job out there, 60 people happen to be looking for work, according to ACOSS spokeswoman Cassandra Goldie.
 
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If you're one of the many Australians losing your JobKeeper payment, read this

More than 100,000 people could be out of work now that JobKeeper has ended. We spoke to the experts to find out how you can get support if you're affected.
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I do odd jobs to supplement the dole - didn't realise that anything I earn over $150 is now (effectively) taxed by 50% and anything over $250 is at 60%. What an incentive to get off your arse. So if I do as I did a couple of weeks ago and drove a van for 14 hours and picked up $250, and another couple of short trips for $100, they will cut the dole by $110. So much for being honest and declaring what I get.

They estimate another 150,000 will become unemployed as a result of JK ending. f***ers are crowing that job advertisements increased by 7 per cent in February to 192,000 vacancies. But the not-so-good news is that for every entry-level job out there, 60 people happen to be looking for work, according to ACOSS spokeswoman Cassandra Goldie.
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Was in the same position as you - but there needs to be a level . It may be the Tax structure that needs looking at more than the income
 
There seems to be a bit of pushback about the "doomsday" 150,000 job losses.


"We believe that in the order of 100,000 to 150,000 JobKeeper recipients may lose employment at the completion of the program, though there is a wide band of uncertainty around this estimate," Treasury secretary Dr Steven Kennedy told Senate Estimates this week.
"Employment will continue to increase over the course of this year, although the unemployment rate could rise a little over coming months before resuming its downward trajectory."
That estimate from Treasury is in the same ballpark as estimates by other economists, including Danielle Wood from the Grattan Institute and analysts at the Commonwealth Bank.

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We're facing a huge speed bump on the road to recovery

At its peak, JobKeeper payments were being made to 3.6 million employees. Tomorrow it all comes to an end, writes Casey Briggs.
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If you're one of the many Australians losing your JobKeeper payment, read this

More than 100,000 people could be out of work now that JobKeeper has ended. We spoke to the experts to find out how you can get support if you're affected.
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I do odd jobs to supplement the dole - didn't realise that anything I earn over $150 is now (effectively) taxed by 50% and anything over $250 is at 60%. What an incentive to get off your arse. So if I do as I did a couple of weeks ago and drove a van for 14 hours and picked up $250, and another couple of short trips for $100, they will cut the dole by $110. So much for being honest and declaring what I get.

They estimate another 150,000 will become unemployed as a result of JK ending. f***ers are crowing that job advertisements increased by 7 per cent in February to 192,000 vacancies. But the not-so-good news is that for every entry-level job out there, 60 people happen to be looking for work, according to ACOSS spokeswoman Cassandra Goldie.
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You should get less dole when earning taxable income.....

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Plenty of jobs in the regions just no accommodation


Hungry tourists are heading home from popular regional destinations, disappointed they could not get a restaurant table.

Largely due to massive staff shortages, many restaurants in regional Victoria are now unable to operate at full capacity, or open their doors at all.

"There is no housing for workers.
A lot has been snapped up by holiday rentals.
There could be 60 people waiting for a long-term rental property and then starts a bidding war.
This scares me because my staffs' leases are coming up for renewal."



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