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On 25 September, the Coronavirus supplement is being slashed by $300 a fortnight, with no certainty of the rate beyond the end of the year.

In the middle of an economic crisis, we can’t stop supporting people now…and we can’t let the Jobseeker payment revert to below the poverty line of just $40/day.

Without job security and adequate social security, thousands of Australians will be plunged even further into poverty.

Each one of us, at any time, can find ourselves suddenly without a job. When we fall out of employment, we need a fair and adequate ...

On 25 September, the Coronavirus supplement is being slashed by $300 a fortnight, with no certainty of the rate beyond the end of the year.

In the middle of an economic crisis, we can’t stop supporting people now…and we can’t let the Jobseeker payment revert to below the poverty line of just $40/day.

Without job security and adequate social security, thousands of Australians will be plunged even further into poverty.

Each one of us, at any time, can find ourselves suddenly without a job. When we fall out of employment, we need a fair and adequate social security safety net to catch us.

We’re calling on the government to maintain JobSeeker at the current rate and maintain it permanently.

Let’s not go backwards. It’s time to #RaisetheRateforGood.

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Tell the Federal Government not to put people into poverty. Add your name to the call to raise the rate for good, and share your story.

Dear Federal Government,

It’s not right that Australians are plunged into poverty if we lose our jobs through no fault of our own.

The increased JobSeeker payment during this coronavirus pandemic has kept 1.4 million of us out of poverty - you can’t stop supporting Australians now.

Dropping JobSeeker back to the old pre-pandemic rate of about $40 a day isn’t even enough to live on, let alone help us be ‘job seekers’. How can it be right to go back to a rate that is below the poverty line?

You recognised it wasn’t enough during the coronavirus when you effectively doubled JobSeeker- now please recognise it’s not enough, period.

We all need an adequate social security safety net to catch us when we fall.

Lift JobSeeker above the poverty line for good.

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