Poverty is a policy choice. Mass incarceration is a policy choice. Inequality is a policy choice. Insulin rationing is a policy choice. Climate disintegration is a policy choice. Billionaire tax loopholes are a policy choice.
Make no mistake: We have the power to change things.
JobSeeker lifted thousands of Australians out of poverty.
Its coronavirus supplement, which was worth $550 a fortnight (or $39 a day) when it was introduced earlier this year, was given to welfare recipients on top of their eligible income support payments, and immediately lifted 425,000 people out of poverty.