Starting next week, welfare payments for students, pensioners, and unemployed individuals will be adjusted based on the indexation of benefits. Prior to the implementation of these changes, people on social security will also receive a small wage increase. Single parents will receive an increase of around $17 a fortnight, while couples will receive an increase of $12.30. Individuals receiving carer, aged, or disability support payments will receive around $116 a fortnight, which is an increase of almost $20.50. As a result, couples will see their income grow by around $29.40 a week. Individuals receiving ABSTUDY and Jobseeker’s Allowance will also…
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The 30-year-old Australian football player Sam Kerr, who is currently on loan to English Premier League team Chelsea, is set to stand trial in the UK for racially abusing a police officer. She was accused of using abusive and insulting language toward the officer during an incident in January 2023. During hes appearance at Kingston Crown Court via a video link, Kerr pleaded not guilty to the charge. According to the Daily Mail, she spoke only to confirm her name and entered the plea. On January 21, the Metropolitan police confirmed that Kerr was charged with a racially-agrelated offense. The…
One miner died and another was fighting for his life after an accident at a mine in Mount Clear, which is close to Melbourne. The incident happened at around 5 pm on Wednesday. The mine’s union claimed that safety concerns were raised. The body of the man who died was recovered at around 6 am on Thursday. Another miner, who was 21, was stabilized before he was extracted from the mine at around 8:30 pm on Wednesday. He was then taken to a hospital in a critical condition. About 30 miners were able to surface after taking refuge in a…
A mural depicting the murder of Jesse and Luke Davies, who were both from Sydney, was removed from its location due to the controversy surrounding its depiction of the incident. The couple was allegedly killed by Beau Lamarre-Condon, who was a police officer in NSW. This week, residents of Sydney spotted an explicit mural that depicted the alleged murder of the couple by a person wearing a police uniform. The image, which was shared on Reddit, showed Mr. Davies and Mr. Baird laying lifeless on the ground with blood running down their bodies. The mural was covered in black paint…
A man was charged after leaving his 13-month-old child inside a vehicle for over 40 minutes on the Central Coast of NSW on Sunday. Emergency Services were called to the area after the child was discovered in the vehicle’s seat. According to the police, the child had been left inside the vehicle for around 40 minutes while the father was inside a Toukley aquatic center. When officers arrived, they found the vehicle’s front passenger window ajar. They also noticed that the engine was not running. The temperature outside the vehicle reached 28 degrees Celsius. The child was sweating but did…