{
  "id": 234080,
  "title": "How Australians on JobSeeker are living on $68 a day",
  "url": "https://urgent.news/2026/08/06/how-australians-on-jobseeker-are-living-on-68-a-day",
  "topic": "business",
  "section": "Business",
  "published": "2026-08-06T18:39:30.000Z",
  "source": {
    "name": "ABC News AU",
    "slug": "abc-news-au",
    "url": "https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-08-07/could-you-live-on-jobseeker-payments/106866554"
  },
  "original_language": "en",
  "account": null,
  "summary": "Despite calls to increase the base rate of JobSeeker payments in this year's federal budget, there has been no change and experts say it means the cost of living is hurting those who can least afford it.",
  "key_points": [],
  "editors_take": null,
  "illustration": null,
  "coverage": {
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  },
  "ai_generated": true,
  "disclaimer": "Summaries, key points and the editor’s take are written by software from other outlets’ reporting and may contain errors — always check the linked original."
}