Labor 警告するs of 集まり 職業 losses if 施し物 削減(する)
Labor 恐れるs more than 130,000 小売 労働者s could be 解雇(する)d if the JobSeeker 施し物 支払い(額) returns to its pre-coronavirus 率 of $40 a day.
JobSeeker, 以前 known as Newstart, has been 上げるd to a 最大限 of $1100 per fortnight through to September and then $800 until the end of the year.
対立 social services spokeswoman Linda Burney says 失業した Australians are spending $327 million of their JobSeeker 補足(する)s every fortnight.
Ms Burney 恐れるs taking away the 補足(する) could 粉砕する the 小売 部門.
"It's going to be a very difficult, uncertain and anxious Christmas for millions of Australians," she said on Saturday.
"Scott Morrison could 配達する them some certainty by 発表するing a 永久の 増加する to JobSeeker."
Reserve Bank 知事 Philip Lowe has 繰り返し言うd his support for an 増加する in the 施し物 支払い(額), which hasn't been 解除するd for a 4半期/4分の1 of a century.
Dr Lowe said there was 幅の広い 合意 the 支払い(額) needed to be 永久的に 増加するd.
"I would join that 合意," he told a 議会の 委員会 on Friday.
Dr Lowe 警告するd 失業 will remain high for some time because of the coronavirus pandemic.
The central bank is 予報するing a 10 per cent 失業率 by the end of the year, and will only return to seven per cent in two years' time.
The 失業率 has risen to 7.5 per cent and the number of 失業した people has 攻撃する,衝突する one million for the first time.
WHERE RETAIL JOB LOSSES WOULD BE FELT:
* NSW - 38,000
* Victoria - 31,700
* Queensland - 29,200
* Western Australia - 13,900
* South Australia - 9900
* Tasmania - 3000
* Northern 領土 - 1900
(Source: Australian Labor Party)