Opinion

Winding back JobKeeper, JobSeeker will plunge 740,000 more Aussies into poverty

By Ben Phillips, Matthew Gray, Nicholas Biddle
September 14 2020 - 12:00am
Picture: Shutterstock
Picture: Shutterstock

Australian National University calculations suggest JobKeeper and the boosted JobSeeker payment have saved about 2.2 million people from poverty. It's a remarkable outcome without precedent in Australia.

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