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The emails mimic government correspondence about Medicare, JobSeeker payments, Superannuation, and Family Tax Benefits with alarming accuracy.

Cybercriminals unleash fake Centrelink scam on vulnerable Australians

More than 270,000 malicious emails impersonating Services Australia and Centrelink have flooded Australian inboxes.

  • David Swan

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JobSeeker was increased during the worst of the COVID-19 pandemic, briefly lifting recipients out of poverty.

Raising JobSeeker will help to ease heartbreaking realities for those battling poverty

Since 2020, the number of people seeking support from Vinnies has increased by 39 per cent.

  • Yolanda Saiz
The Commonwealth Ombudsman revealed on Wednesday 964 jobseekers had income support payments unlawfully terminated.

Echoes of robo-debt: Lawyer warns Labor after hundreds illegally denied payments

Hundreds of people have had income support payments unlawfully terminated by an automated system – described as eerily similar to the robo-debt scandal by one lawyer.

  • Olivia Ireland
Advertised rents are set to rise by 11.5 per cent this year amid rental supply shortage and strong demand according to Westpac.

Not one room available in WA for those on JobSeeker, youth allowance or disability pension

Anglicare WA’s Rental Affordability Snapshot has painted a grim picture of the housing crisis faced by those on government support.

  • Hamish Hastie
22-year-old Southern River resident Nuh Dzuljaidi fell into the freight industry four years ago after COVID and border travel restrictions put a halt on a career in aviation.

The little-known industry with a $120,000 starting salary that is crying out for new trainees

Customs brokers are retiring in great numbers with few young trainees coming up through the ranks, despite an attractive starting salary.

  • Claire Ottaviano

Which suburb has the most teachers? Dentists? CEOs? Where to find Melbourne’s worker tribes

Brighton has the most CEOs, Kew has the most GPs, the CBD has the most waiters and Tarneit has the most truck drivers. Find out where the most people who do the same job as you live in our tour of Melbourne’s worker tribes.

  • Craig Butt
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Remarks by Treasurer Jim Chalmers seem to say there’ll be no one-off increase in the pitifully inadequate rate of unemployment benefits in Tuesday night’s budget.

Labor’s persistent refusal to fix the JobSeeker payment is shameful

Australia has the lowest benefits for the short-term unemployed among 34 countries in the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development.

  • Ross Gittins
The government has again been urged to lift welfare payments.

How young people could have been $4700 better off over last six months

Just over two weeks before the federal budget, the Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee has again urged the government to provide more help to those struggling the most.

  • Rachel Clun
The cost of renting in Perth is out pacing income.

The long list of Perth postcodes where renting is unaffordable

Even on the average rental household income of $103,805 a year, more and more people are struggling to find an affordable rental in the current market.

  • Sarah Brookes
About 52,000 people over the age of 55 will receive a boost of $92 a fortnight to their JobSeeker payment.

Coalition seats rake in budget welfare, but PM’s electorate misses out

Of the top 10 communities to receive assistance, seven are in federal electorates held by either the LNP, the Nationals or the Liberal Party.

  • Shane Wright