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To date, the Morrison Government has refused to permanently lift Australia’s JobSeeker unemployment subsidy from its poverty level of $40 a day because it claims that doing so would act as a disincentive for people to look for work.
This view has been informed by spurious claims from employers that businesses are having a difficult time sourcing local workers.
The New Daily’s Ewan Black debunked the claim earlier this month with hard data:
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About the author
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.