Top economists want JobSeeker boosted by $100+ per week and tied to wages
- Written by Peter Martin, Visiting Fellow, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University

Once about as high as the pension, the JobSeeker (Newstart) unemployment payment has fallen shockingly low compared to living standards.
It’s now only two thirds of the pension, just 40% of the full-time minimum wage and half way below the poverty line.
JobSeeker has fallen relative to other payments...