Treasurer Jim Chalmers hints that Australians are due a MAJOR Centrelink cash ... trends now

Treasurer Jim Chalmers hints that Australians are due a MAJOR Centrelink cash ... trends now
Treasurer Jim Chalmers hints that Australians are due a MAJOR Centrelink cash ... trends now

Treasurer Jim Chalmers hints that Australians are due a MAJOR Centrelink cash ... trends now

Telling TV interview clue Australians could get a MAJOR Centrelink cash boost - as Greens push to almost DOUBLE JobSeeker payments The govt has hinted at a potential increase to JobSeeker  The Greens have demanded Jobseeker be raised to $88

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Australians on JobSeeker could be in line to get a financial boost as the federal treasurer hints at an increase and the Greens demand the government raise the payment by almost double.

JobSeeker, which was renamed from Newstart Allowance at the start of the Covid pandemic, currently pays $48 a day.

Treasurer Jim Chalmers suggested on Channel Nine's Today Show last Tuesday that the government was facing pressure to raise the payment.

'On an almost daily basis, people that we respect and like and listen to put proposals to us to increase JobSeeker and when we can responsibly do that, sensibly do that, affordably do that, obviously, we consider it,' he said.

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers (pictured) has hinted that JobSeeker could increase in the future as the Albanese government faces pressure from the Greens and certain groups

Federal Treasurer Jim Chalmers (pictured) has hinted that JobSeeker could increase in the future as the Albanese government faces pressure from the Greens and certain groups

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