Plan to cut JobSeeker and JobKeeper payment rates criticised

Emily Jarvie
July 22 2020 - 5:30am
TasCOSS chief executive Adrienne Picone says now is not the time to cut back income support after Prime Minister Scott Morrison a plan to changes the JobSeeker and JobKeeper schemes. Picture: file
TasCOSS chief executive Adrienne Picone says now is not the time to cut back income support after Prime Minister Scott Morrison a plan to changes the JobSeeker and JobKeeper schemes. Picture: file

Slashing the JobSeeker coronavirus supplement will force thousands of Tasmanians into poverty, the state's peak social services body says.

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Emily Jarvie

Emily Jarvie

Journalist

Emily Jarvie is a political journalist at The Advocate and The Examiner newspapers based in Hobart, Tasmania. Contact: emily.jarvie@austcommunitymedia.com.au

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