Australia’s Unemployment Crisis Currently, 17 job seekers are competing for every job vacancy Newstart is $390 below the poverty line per fortnightNewstart recipients lodged 50,000 complaints about their job agencies during the last 5 years 63,000 complaints about Centrelink were lodged during 2014/20151 in 4 Newstart recipients has a significant disability and is being denied access to a Disability Support Pension100,000 single parents have been denied the Single Parent Pension, and forced onto Newstart
