In the wake of Deloitte’s latest report calling for a $75 increase in the Newstart Allowance (aka the ‘Dole’), the $2 a week increase provided as part of the bi-annual CPI adjustment has been ridiculed as “laughable”. From The Guardian:
The federal government says a $2 boost per week to Newstart allowance will help unemployed Australians keep up with increases in their living costs, but people on the payment say the increase is laughable.
