Opinion

DobSeeker caps off a miserly payment increase

Jenna Price
Updated July 2 2021 - 12:27am, first published February 26 2021 - 5:25am
Employment Minister Senator Michaelia Cash has announced a hotline will be established for employers to report JobSeeker recipients who turn down employment. Picture: Getty Images
Employment Minister Senator Michaelia Cash has announced a hotline will be established for employers to report JobSeeker recipients who turn down employment. Picture: Getty Images

I am not sure what infuriated me more. Hearing that the Liberal Party politicians asked each other how the nation would pay for the miserly increase to JobSeeker - or the news that Canberra's per capita illicit drug consumption is among the highest in the country.

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Jenna Price

Jenna Price is a Canberra Times columnist and a visiting fellow at the Australian National University.

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