In such a rich country, it is shameful how many Australians on jobseeker are dying in desperate poverty | Greg Jericho

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Lifting the abysmally low jobseeker rate to the poverty line would save thousands of lives Get our new political email, free app or daily news podcast Stunning new data from the Australian Institute of Health and Welfare (AIHW) shows the abysmally low rate of jobseeker means at least 3,000 more unemployed Australians die each year than would be the case were they not purposefully kept in poverty. Newsiline summarises this report from The Guardian Australia and links readers to the original publisher for the full story.

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