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Despite recent increases, JobSeeker still leaves people below the poverty line. Here’s why that affects us all

Over the past two years, there has been some progress in improving the JobSeeker payment. But payment levels remain below the poverty line.

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Most retirees who rent live in poverty. Here’s how boosting rent assistance could help lift them out of it

Most Australians can look forward to a comfortable retirement. More than three in four retirees own their own home, most report feeling comfortable financially, and few suffer financial stress.

The Conversation

Australia’s 3.8% inflation rate is concerning, but not enough to trigger a rate rise

After falling for five consecutive quarters to less than half of its 7.8% peak, inflation climbed slightly in the June quarter, from 3.6% to 3.8% for the year to June.

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Budget leaves helpless renters to 'rot in housing hell'

Housing affordability crisis will not be solved by the federal government's inadequate increase to rent assistance and construction incentives, critics say.

AAP

Federal budget 2024 – winners and losers summary

While everyone’s a winner with the energy rebate, which applies to every household, there are certainly some losers

The Guardian - AU

Youth on welfare 'pushed' into homelessness

Many teens receiving welfare are ending up homeless as they continue to spend more than three quarters of their income on rent, a report has found.

AAP

Yes, the 1.5 million Australians getting rent assistance need an increase, but more public housing is the lasting fix for the crisis

Australia is in the grip of a housing crisis, with low-income households hit hardest by rising rents and falling vacancy rates.

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Housing crisis: experts warn social and affordable housing must be a national priority

National housing campaign Everybody's Home has warned that Hunter renters on low incomes will continue to struggle to make ends meet even with scheduled increases to Centrelink and Commonwealth Rent Assistance payments.

Newcastle Herald

Michael Pascoe: Government’s multibillion-dollar splurge on private landlords hurts public housing

The federal government spent more subsidising landlords over the past two financial years than funding social housing into the future.

The New Daily

Families are falling short, even with federal government rental assistance

A national housing campaign is calling for Commonwealth Rent Assistance to go up by at least 50 per cent, with nearly one in two recipients in rental stress.

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