The ABC’s Patricia Karvelas says she has independently confirmed “from a few different sources” that there will be an “across the board increase to jobseeker”.
Karvelas made the comments during an appearance as a panellist on ABC’s Insiders on Sunday morning while discussing an unofficial leak of material that suggested the government was would raise social security payments to over-55s.
The truth is that the over-55s will get a higher boost, but I understand and had it verified from a few different sources that there will be an across the board increase in jobseeker. That wasn’t part of the deal the other day.