Elevated Jobseeker payments to continue until March but rate will be cut by $100 a fortnight

A coronavirus supplement to the welfare payment will be further wound back to $150 per fortnight, but the support will be continued for another three months.

Prime Minister Scott Morrison Source: AAP

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Published 10 November 2020 3:50pm

By Stergos Kastelloriou

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Prime Minister Scott Morrison has extended elevated Jobseeker payments until March next year to provide further temporary relief for unemployed Australians.

But a coronavirus supplement to the welfare payment will be further wound back to $150 per fortnight, as the support is continued for another three months.