Matt Canavan rejects JobSeeker increase

Friday, 19 June 2020

National MP, Matt Canavan, has rejected permanently lifting the JobSeeker allowance until the Budget is brought back into surplus (watch from 3.30 in the video below):

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Leith van Onselen is Chief Economist at the MB Fund and MB Super. He is also a co-founder of MacroBusiness. Leith has previously worked at the Australian Treasury, Victorian Treasury and Goldman Sachs.