The opposition says it will attempt to amend the government's measure to raise the Jobseeker rate by $40, and instead lift the threshold before benefits begin to be reduced, saying it would encourage more people into work.
I remember having to do the maths once upon a time, and decide that I didn’t want a shift in my part time job, even though I could use the money, because it would effect my payments.
I had to reach an agreement with my employer where they promised to offer me at least X hours a fortnight (I can’t remember what it was, and there was no guarantee, just a verbal promise), because there was a point at which I was not only losing the centrelink payment, but I’d lose the rent assistance, and health care card and all the other things, necessitating my reapplying for everything.
To someone on that knife edge of paying rent and eating, with electricity for heating… That was a bit too dangerous to play with.
Yeah it’s an absolutely shitty predicament to be placed in.
My partner was lucky in the sense that she’s been given basically guaranteed shifts… but she’s off crook with the flu, which she caught from one of her clients. Which means she’s going to be up shit creek this fortnight money wise.
I remember having to do the maths once upon a time, and decide that I didn’t want a shift in my part time job, even though I could use the money, because it would effect my payments.
I had to reach an agreement with my employer where they promised to offer me at least X hours a fortnight (I can’t remember what it was, and there was no guarantee, just a verbal promise), because there was a point at which I was not only losing the centrelink payment, but I’d lose the rent assistance, and health care card and all the other things, necessitating my reapplying for everything.
To someone on that knife edge of paying rent and eating, with electricity for heating… That was a bit too dangerous to play with.
Yeah it’s an absolutely shitty predicament to be placed in.
My partner was lucky in the sense that she’s been given basically guaranteed shifts… but she’s off crook with the flu, which she caught from one of her clients. Which means she’s going to be up shit creek this fortnight money wise.