not really

the most surprising part about it is that it still isn't means tested

no one is quitting their job to go on the dole lol

you cant be unemployed and on jobKEEPER

Last semester at Uni I genuinely didnt show up for or read any of the lectures or seminars and I still had a good semester
Way too easy to pass, I think this ones gonna be a bit tougher, already is cause I have to attend one of my classes

i have one of those classes where you get marked every tutorial

people who were let go from their jobs in march/april are being offered their jobs back and saying nah thats okay im happy on jobseeker

cant find source right now but it was pretty big in the news a few weeks ago

Job keeper and job seeker are different

i know.

im talking about people eating up jobseeker instead of working

how much do i need to spell it out? lol

Didn’t read the whole convo lol

Aren’t you American?

What would you know about the Australian welfare system lol

jobseeker is barely above the poverty line tbh

doubt that's a big issue

the big issue with jobkeeper is eligible casuals getting overpayed, according to scomo the grub despite them spending significantly less on jobkeeper than they projected

the miscalculation was in the tens of billions so even then the excuse is a bit flimsy

this

i guess they were trying to increase demand in the economy by giving everyone the same amount to spend

yeah I don't have an issue with it, in fact I'd like them to keep the supplement as is but was just saying if they were serious about people getting overpayed being a problem then they should means test people to see if they met the threshold.

hearing they're pushing forward tax cuts for high income earners despite the cuts to jobkeeper and jobseeker so it's clear this is all political. they miscalculated by $60bn so I think they can afford to keep it going. shocking that people in the arts and uni staff don't get support.

these talks about being fiscally conservative and austerity being important in times like this is ridiculous and all spin for election time.

smh.com.au/business/small-business/it-s-not-money-for-jam-staff-refusing-to-come-to-work-but-demanding-jobkeeper-payments-20200423-p54mka.html

The general idea was to get money out the door quickly (no paperwork or significant involvement of the ATO) in an attempt to support consumption and employment

That’s alright for a time but isn’t really palatable long term. Hence the reduction and from what I understand a full / part time distinction (which stops short of proper means testing)

say your saying they defund the ABC a free to air TV which in my opinion provide some of the best shows on tv (Four Corners, Q&A)

But gave 10 million dollars to a Murdoch owned company, which people have to subscribe to (25% population have foxtel) not free to air and they don't pay a single dollar in tax

all for supporting women sports but this isnt it

Not even Australian owned company

my household dumped foxtel last year because their the biggest crooks

only pay 25 month to watch the footy

LMAO she acts entitled af "money for jam" 400 a fortnight is so little money

lucky I'm with telstra prepaid and get it for free

foxtel def a rip

this warped view they have of people on welfare is crazy man lmao

half of the s*** is wack anyways and then you get the sky news ads

never watching sky at dark ya f***s s***s basically the alt right

I mean yeah no one wants to be on it. When i was a teen I wanted a job so bad but I could never get one so when my mum said i should go on it i was resistant cause i just felt like it was free money

apparently in the country you can watch sky news through WIN channel

same here, i tried my best to not go on it after i finished uni and after 8 months i had to cuz nothing was happening for me lol