Trying to live on below-poverty Centrelink payments: A personal account

Friday, 4 March 2022 - 10:00am to 10:30am

Jennifer talks with Ashlie, who became unemployed after being in the paid workforce for about 40 years.   

She has applied for hundreds of jobs and desperately wants to work.   

Despite this, she is forced to live on punishingly-low ‘Jobseeker’ payments.   

These don’t cover the basic costs of living and, as a result, Ashlie has been homeless for two years.

 

Join the campaign to raise Centrelink payments:  

https://raisetherate.org.au/

And join the call for a basic income for all...

 

Friday 10:00am to 10:30am
Think Again offers weekly conversations and reflections about current events, trends and public pronouncements on contemporary and emerging issues. The show moves beyond what we read and hear via the public and ‘social’ media, to invite alternative possibilities to guide our thinking, living and organising.

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Jennifer Borrell & Jacques Boulet

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