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Raising JobSeeker will help to ease heartbreaking realities for those battling poverty

Yolanda Saiz CEO, St Vincent De Paul October 8, 2025 — 7.00pm

When Anthony Albanese amended the stage 3 tax cuts at the start of last year, he acknowledged that, as prime minister, he was in a position to act on cost-of-living pressures. That choice improved lives. But there is another choice that could transform nearly a million lives nationally: raising the rate of JobSeeker.

At the St Vincent de Paul Society, we hear every day from people who are faced with difficult choices. The choice between paying a power bill, putting food on the table or keeping up with the rent.

These are choices that no one should be forced to make. Yet last year well over 200,0

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