From the ABC's summary:
The Albanese government's Economic Inclusion Advisory Committee released its second report recently. […]
The committee made 22 recommendations to the federal government on ways to best improve economic inclusion and create a more equal and prosperous nation.
It said its recommendations had been made with regard to their fiscal impact, their effect on workforce participation, and the long-term sustainability of the social security system.
But the committee said its five priority recommendations were to:
- "Substantially increase JobSeeker" and related working-age payments, and immediately improve the indexation arrangements of the payments.
- Increase the rate of Commonwealth Rent Assistance to better reflect the high rents actually charged in the private rental market.
- Commit to a "full-scale redesign" of Australia's employment services system to underpin the government's goal of full employment, and to replace the current system, which "worsens economic exclusion" with one that "promotes economic inclusion".
- Implement a national early childhood development system that is available to every child, beginning with abolishing the activity test for the child care subsidy to guarantee access to a minimum three days of high-quality care.
- Renew the culture and practice of Australia's social security system to support economic inclusion and wellbeing.
The committee's experts said that last point was really important.