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Raising Jobseeker to $80 per day—in line with the Raise the Rate campaign—and indexing it to keep up with wages would cost $9.5 billion per year.

This a fraction of the cost of superannuation tax concessions ($50 billion per year) or the Capital Gains Tax discount ($15 billion), both of which mainly benefit the richest Australians.

https://australiainstitute.org.au/post/jobseeker-payments-are-too-low/

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Fairbanks food insecurity rises as donation makes Christmas meal possible, soup kitchen leaders say https://www.diningandcooking.com/1795610/fairbanks-food-insecurity-rises-as-donation-makes-christmas-meal-possible-soup-kitchen-leaders-say-2/ #BreadLine #christmas #ChristmasAppetizes #ChristmasDay #ChristmasDesserts #ChristmasDinner #ChristmasDinnerRecipes #ChristmasFood #ChristmasRecipes #ChristmasSides #Covid19Pandemic #DoctorRonalTeel #HannahHill #MaryTeel #PrimeRib #SNAP #StoneSoupCafe

Fairbanks food insecurity rises as donation makes Christmas meal possible, soup kitchen leaders say https://www.diningandcooking.com/1795610/fairbanks-food-insecurity-rises-as-donation-makes-christmas-meal-possible-soup-kitchen-leaders-say-2/ #BreadLine #christmas #ChristmasAppetizes #ChristmasDay #ChristmasDesserts #ChristmasDinner #ChristmasDinnerRecipes #ChristmasFood #ChristmasRecipes #ChristmasSides #Covid19Pandemic #DoctorRonalTeel #HannahHill #MaryTeel #PrimeRib #SNAP #StoneSoupCafe

Fairbanks food insecurity rises as donation makes Christmas meal possible, soup kitchen leaders say https://www.diningandcooking.com/1795610/fairbanks-food-insecurity-rises-as-donation-makes-christmas-meal-possible-soup-kitchen-leaders-say-2/ #BreadLine #christmas #ChristmasAppetizes #ChristmasDay #ChristmasDesserts #ChristmasDinner #ChristmasDinnerRecipes #ChristmasFood #ChristmasRecipes #ChristmasSides #Covid19Pandemic #DoctorRonalTeel #HannahHill #MaryTeel #PrimeRib #SNAP #StoneSoupCafe

Pressure mounts on Labour to scrap cruel ‘sibling penalty’ | Morning Star
https://morningstaronline.co.uk/article/pressure-piles-labour-scrap-cruel-sibling-penalty-campaigners-warn-most-large

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“Completely Legal” $4.20 p/hour (*wage theft )

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/28/larry-was-paid-420-an-hour-in-australia-its-not-enough-to-live-on-but-its-completely-legal

At $1,002.50 a fortnight for a single person, the DSP is higher than jobseeker, but still well below the poverty line (approximately $1,204 in 2023).

* minimum wage $23.23 an hour

https://melbourneinstitute.unimelb.edu.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0010/4796992/Poverty-Lines-Australia-June-Quarter-2023.pdf

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Abolish Subminimum Wage
https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSfGVqOu2taAutO7QIK12lYPVGzvn9sZPCc_gaML9LE29KZ7kw/viewform

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Ace Frehley: 'It's Back to the Breadline' for Tommy Thayer
Ace Frehley discussed his upcoming solo album '10,000 Volts' and took a swipe at his Kiss successor Tommy Thayer in a January 2024 interview.

https://ultimateclassicrock.com/ace-frehley-tommy-thayer-breadline/

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