Federal Government Preparing Social Security & Stand Down Wages

We need to keep the pressure up to get the best possible social security measures. Even then, it won't cover all wages so we will need employers to top up the payment. Check out the article for more information and encourage your friends to sign the petition!

"Workers who lose their jobs will gain a sweeping boost to welfare payments in a major stimulus package to be unveiled soon as the Morrison government braces for a surge in unemployment.

The recently renamed Newstart allowance will be ramped up and the federal government will offer family tax benefits and rent assistance as the coronavirus slams the economy and forces employers to cut staff.

But the JobSeeker payment boost will be "strictly time limited" to apply to the coronavirus crisis rather than being a sustained rise in the base rate, disappointing social service groups."