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March 23, 2020 20: 26:41
The remarkable move to practically double Centrelink payments will be invited by waves of recently unemployed Australians. However initially, they have to get that additional money into their accounts, which may show to be a huge difficulty.
Australian Council of Social Providers CEO Cassandra Goldie called the $550 fortnightly Coronavirus Supplement “a big relief”.
” We always said that $40 a day was not going to suffice,” she stated.
” It hasn’t sufficed for the people currently affected by joblessness, and here we are in undoubtedly dreadful circumstances where a lot of more individuals are losing their jobs,” Ms Goldie said.
But the brand-new supplement to JobSeeker payments doesn’t begin until April 27, which could be far too late for freshly out of work people to pay the rent.
” We’ve got to ensure that real estate is protected for everybody,” Ms Goldie said.
” We’ve suggested to