Would a bigger Job Seeker payment just encourage laziness?

From April 1, the federal government will increase the Job Seeker payment by $25 a week but at the same time the government will abolish the $75-a-week Coronavirus Supplement to Job Seeker. How fair are these policies on the unemployed and the tax payer?

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Dr Peter McCawley is former Dean of the Asian Development Bank Institute and Visiting Fellow, Arndt-Corden Economics Division & Indonesia Project ANU College of Asia and the Pacific. Ratih Arruum Listiyandini is a clinical psychologist and mental health expert.  They discuss the economic and psychological impact of the new policy in Job Seeker payments. 

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There are differences of opinion about how to best give hope to unemployed people. More financial help or training them new skills? Source: Image by erix!/Creative Commons