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The line snakes around the building at Frankston Centrelink last week. Picture: Gary Sissons
Job losses put pressure on Centrelink Brodie Cowburn brodie@baysidenews.com.au LONG lines formed outside Centrelink offices in Frankston and Mornington last week. Lines stretched out the door on 24 March, the same day that high usage crashed the myGov website. The COVID-19 pandemic has forced pubs, clubs, gyms, and cinemas to shut down, putting many out of
work. Restaurants and cafes can only operate takeaway. Dunkley MP Peta Murphy said “it is distressing to see so many people desperate for information and assistance.” “When I went to Frankston Centrelink and spoke to locals lined up for hours, many had just lost their job and needed support for the first time ever. Others were desperate to know how they could get through these tough times, but couldn’t get through on the website or the phone,” she said.
“Australians should not have to line up in the cold and the rain to access emergency government support. The government needs to prioritise the delivery of social security payments. “The government also needs to ensure that Centrelink has the resources it needs to deal with this significant increase in demand.” Some welfare recipients will receive an extra $550 a fortnight in response to growing coronavirus concerns. Jobseeker Payment (formerly known as
Newstart), Partner Allowance, Widow Allowance, Sickness Allowance and Wife Pension, Youth Allowance for job seekers, and Youth Allowance for students and apprentices are among the payments that will be supplemented. Jobseeker recipients had previously been eligible to receive a maximum of around $565 a fortnight if they were single with no children. Single recipients with a dependent child were eligible to receive around $50 more.
A statement from the Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union read that the supplement was “a frank admission from our government that they of course always had the fiscal capacity to raise income support to a livable level.” Mornington’s Centrelink site was set to close on 27 March, until a six month lease extension was secured last week. Continued Page 8
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