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Measured approach with changes days after the initial announcements..........in fact every announcement.

One thing about the GFC was you always felt the government were going to throw the kitchen sink at the problem I don't feel that with this government.

They strike me as under whelming and rabbits caught in the spotlight.

It continually seems they have to wait until someone else moves before they act, they seem to be still playing the political optics game.
 
Great story in The Guardian reflecting on how quickly our economic and political world has changed in less than 4 weeks.
On Feb 26th Treasurer Josh Frydenberg ridiculed in Parliament the Labour Shadow Treasurer who proposed a "well being" budget. Basically a budget that was going to protect people as well as the economy as the CORID 19 virus was unfolding.

Where are we now ? Who is working 26 hours a day to somehow construct a way that will save the whole Australian community and economy collapsing ?

It is not a nasty article. But it does put current events into perspective.

Remember Josh Frydenberg scoffing at a 'wellbeing budget'? He's not laughing any more
Katharine Murphy
Forget ‘back in black’, the treasurer is now working around the clock to keep Australians alive

It feels like a century ago now, a vignette from another life. But wedged between the catastrophic bushfires of the summer and the looming pandemic was a moment in the parliament when Josh Frydenberg really thought he was on a winner.

Before we get to our memorable moment in late February, some minor scene setting. The treasurer has a rolling shtick with his opposite number, Jim Chalmers, where he likes to frame the shadow treasurer as a noob barely out of short pants. Consider this niggling behaviour a display of dominance hierarchy.

https://www.theguardian.com/austral...-a-wellbeing-budget-hes-not-laughing-any-more
 
Finally the government found the kitchen sink, can they act quick enough?
 
They've nearly doubled the dole for 6 months

Given the past theories thrown around about the stimulus package designed to make Rudd more popular one can assume ScoMo is looking for another 6 terms in office...

Here's your key Mr Nesian


https://www.theguardian.com/world/2...e-as-part-of-huge-coronavirus-welfare-package

Jobseekers will get a $550 boost to their fortnightly welfare payments for six months in one of the largest increases to social security benefits in Australia’s history, as the government seeks to shield the unemployed ahead of a looming recession.

In a press conference at Parliament House on Sunday, the prime minister, Scott Morrison, said the changes, which effectively double the rate of Jobseeker Payment, reflected a desire to cushion those “who will be feeling the first blows of the economic impact from the coronavirus”.

“We will be supercharging the safety net,” Morrison said. “We will be supporting the most vulnerable to the impacts of the crisis.”

The decision dramatically reverses the Coalition’s fierce, long-held opposition to an increase in the Newstart payment, which put it at odds with former prime minister John Howard and the business community.

Instead, the Morrison government has instituted what one welfare expert called the largest-ever boost to benefits in Australia, committing to spend $14bn over six months on what it is calling a temporary “coronavirus supplement”.

The mammoth but “time limited” increase to unemployment benefits far exceeds the most recent call from welfare groups for a permanent, $95- a-week boost to the dole, worth $4bn a year.

Under sweeping changes to the welfare system, the government will also expand access to unemployment benefits by waiving the liquid assets waiting test, which will allow people to access income support without whittling down their savings. Prospective welfare recipients will no longer need to attend a Centrelink office to complete their claim, and the application process will be streamlined.
 
Only a couple of months ago it was reported that Senator Ruston,minister for "social security" ,said flippantly when asked about an increase to Newstart said that they would only spend it on drugs and alcohol.
 
chiff said:
Only a couple of months ago it was reported that Senator Ruston,minister for "social security" ,said flippantly when asked about an increase to Newstart said that they would only spend it on drugs and alcohol.
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Well then the good thing about the increased payment will be, it will show them how much extra alcohol and drugs they could afford, if they worked.
The problem will be IMO, after this is over the competition for jobs, will be unbelievable.
I remember going for a job in the 1982 recession, a crappy job in a two bit company with four employees, 175 interviewed for the job.
Some people are in for the shock of their lives.IMO
 
Have to say I would be really concerned about rampant increases in drinking in the next weeks/months.
I think the decision to underpin the economic survival of people with the increase social security is excellent. But as a separate issue people alone at home frightened and/or upset with a full beer fridge and enough money to keep it full is not a good combination.

I can see alcohol consumption skyrocketng. I can see a whole host of attendant social problems coming off that. I think this has to be jumped on very quickly for everyone's sake.
 
I wonder if there will be any relief for self funded retirees under pension age? Company dividends will be slashed, so their income will be radically affected, meanwhile they have probably lost 40% of their nest egg.
Oh well, at least they may get a bit back from franking credits.
 

A job like the rest of us
 

You come out with a comment like this!!!
Not at retirement age and looking for a handout
Tell me why you shouldn’t look for a job
 
Humid said:
You come out with a comment like this!!!
Not at retirement age and looking for a handout
Tell me why you shouldn’t look for a job
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So I'm 65 in 6 months, have two replaced knees a replaced hip and can't use my right hand because it is disfigured with arthritis, am self funded from savings when I was PAYG wages worker. You say just get a job, I wish.

I'm not looking for a handout, just looking to get the tax that I shouldn't have paid back, in the Government started tax free superannuation scheme. I'm not asking for any more, or less than those who are in an Industry super fund get.
Like I said, you fit right in with the new Labor ethos.
 
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