Labor calls on PM to be ‘compassionate’ with JobSeeker

Labor is calling on the Morrison government to extend its JobSeeker subsidy scheme and permanently increase the allowance as many Australians remain unemployed. Shadow Finance Minister Katy Gallagher said the JobSeeker and JobKeeper schemes were due to end in about three months and “people are genuinely worried”. She told Sky News the payment “has to be increased". "The government should be compassionate and make sure what they land on is enough for people to not only support their day-to-day living, but also support them in a dignified life," she said. “We cannot govern from opposition but we want the government to take this seriously and I think any idea of a snapback everyone acknowledges is ridiculous and the sooner the government provides some certainty about that, the better it will be for people. “We’re not being prescriptive, we’re not demanding a certain figure from the government at this stage – but we are giving them a framework." Image: News Corp Australia Via news.com.au — Australia’s leading news site https://www.news.com.au