its dole day tomorrow and i have an epic £19 to do me 2 weeks once all the bills are paid....fml

The basic income support payment (Jobseeker - use to be called Newstart) for someone unemployed here is about A$550 a fortnight. For most people without a job they can't pay rent and bills let alone food, etc. out of that. Once the coronavirus 'supplement' (mirroring the basic payment) is withdrawn in Sep (unless the second-wave of the plandemic makes it stay) a huge number of people still without a job will fall off the cliff into deep poverty. A Jobseeker payment recipient can get rent assistance but it only covers a small portion of the rent. I have a full-time job and my rent is $330 a week. That's well over what the basic income support payment is so if I was unemployed I might get $100 extra in rent assistance a fortnight so all my income support payment would pay rent and I'd have nothing left for food, utilities, fuel/rego/insurance for my vehicle, etc.