Maguire said he has had to extend his charity work - expanding the open pantry in Broadmeadows, and creating the BobKeeper Easter appeal - to support growing numbers of families struggling to get by.
“We’ve got to go make our own money because the governments are not interested,” he said.
Anthony Albanese and Father Bob Maguire viewing the packed chocolate Easter eggs during a visit to the Father Bob Maguire Foundation in South Melbourne on Tuesday.Credit:Alex Ellinghausen
Albanese acknowledged on Wednesday that he has experience of living on a fixed income but said a Labor government was constrained because it needed to remain “fiscally responsible” as a result of record debt levels.
“The truth is, if we are fortunate enough to form government, we will form government at a time where debt is heading towards a trillion dollars, whereby you can’t repair all of the damage or do everything you want to do immediately,” he said at a press conference in Melbourne on Wednesday.
He denied Labor had changed plans on JobSeeker, saying: “We haven’t dumped anything. What we have said is we don’t have a plan to increase the JobSeeker allowance in our first budget.”
Crews said adding the coronavirus supplement to income support payments - nearly doubling the basic JobSeeker payment by adding an extra $550 a fortnight - had been good for Australia.
“It’s not good for the nation to keep people on low incomes and unsustainable incomes, putting the pressure on places like us,” he said.
Maguire said if any politicians wanted to help vulnerable people he was only a phone call away.
“If you want change, for God’s sake, get in touch with us, because the ..
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