I couldn’t afford food on jobseeker after bills and rent. Is this really what ‘no one left behind’ looks like? | Travis Gilbert

Trying to make ends meet on around $58 a day is a cruel joke bestowed upon those who find themselves unemployed in the ‘lucky country’ In 2022, when Anthony Albanese was making his pitch to voters to change the country by changing the government, I was briefly encouraged by one aspect of Labor’s platform. Albanese pledged a new social contract for Australia, with “no one held back and no one left behind”. Continue reading...