Centrelink threatening payment suspensions at rate of five a minute, new analysis suggests
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Exclusive: As jobseekers continue to have payments suspended, advocates call for the regime to be stopped until it’s proven to be lawful
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“In total, government data collated by the Antipoverty Centre shows there were 2,683,605 suspension actions between June 2024 and July 2025.”

“According to the Antipoverty Centre, the data shows this is still frequently occurring, despite new rules offering a five-day grace period for people to contact their job provider before their payments are blocked. However, the majority of suspensions are lifted before a person’s income is impacted.”

“The numbers are so unimaginably high, it is actually easy to lose sight of how crazy this all is,” said Kristin O’Connell, a spokesperson for the Antipoverty Centre.