Peter Martin has written a great piece today imploring the Turnbull Government to abandon its planned $4.40 a week cut to unemployment benefits (“Newstart”) for new recipients:
No credible organisation thinks it should [cut Newstart]. The Business Council says Newstart is so low it “presents a barrier to employment and risks entrenching poverty”. The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development says it raises issues about its effectiveness in “enabling someone to look for a suitable job”.
