This post is to show that many people, including news outlets, and myself, can easily get confused by these two terms: JobSeeker and JobKeeper.
Keeping the original term “NewStart” instead of “JobSeeker”, might have been better.
This is a news … Read the rest
The COVID-19 coronavirus affected Australian employment figures by substantial numbers when lockdowns came into effect.
But as infection numbers reduced, and lockdowns changed, more people began to return to work.
Comparing November 2019 to November 2020, the number of people in full-time employment had reduced by 110,900 people.
At the … Read the rest
The COVID-19 coronavirus was responsible for a massive increase in unemployment, which reached over 1 million in July 2020.
The July 2020 unemployed figure was almost 300,000 higher than the 712,900 unemployed a year earlier in July 2019. An increase of 41.5%.
In October … Read the rest
Alan Tudge, the acting Minister for Immigration, when discussing the new English language requirement, said that only 13% of people with no English, have a job in Australia.
Having a basic level of the language of any country is pretty vital in getting employment.… Read the rest
Anglicare Australia’s latest survey of job availability shows that there are now as many as 106 jobseekers for every entry-level position.
This is not good news for those hoping to find work on Australia.
A statement from Kasy Chambers, Anglicare Australia executive director, was:
Some statistics say that about one million Australians live and work overseas.
However, the COVID pandemic has caused almost 400,000 of these Australians to return home, mainly due to the safety offered in Australia.
Many of those might end up resettling their lives back in Australia, permanently.
Australia could therefore … Read the rest
Australia has had a national Minimum wage since 1906.
In April 2020, the Australian Unemployment rate has increased from 5.2% to 6.2%.
The number of people classed as Unemployed increased by 104,500 to 823,300.
This figure released 14th May 2020.
Government support packages were introduced to keep people in employment, even of not actually working.
Many of these are … Read the rest
A news headline today shows: “Coalition MPs ask for permanent jobseeker increase“, with the words used in the story being: “MPs from within the government are asking the prime minister, Scott Morrison, to make the higher jobseeker rate permanent when … Read the rest
From 25th March 2020, Centrelink have made it easier for those people currently losing their income due to the coronavirus, to be able to register their claim, without going to a Centrelink Office or spending hours on hold on … Read the rest
