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'If JobSeeker was cut, the unemployed would be picking fruit'? Why that's not true

  • Written by: Peter Davidson, Adjunct Senior Lecturer, UNSW
'If JobSeeker was cut, the unemployed would be picking fruit'? Why that's not trueF Armstrong Photography/Shutterstock

I’m not sure which does the most harm: the cut of A$150 per week in JobSeeker payments due this Friday or the sudden and coincidental volley of mediareports about unemployed people refusing jobs, including fruit picking.

This narrative is jarring when there are 19 people unemployed or underemployed for...

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