Yes and no Crikey.  They want a two tier system with more people on the Newstart allowance rate to save money. The problem is that unemployment services are woefully inadequate as is the newstart allowance.  So if people are placed in that situation they will be forced to live on around 160 less a week.  There isn't as much helpful assistance as you may think and all the assistance in the world won't necessarily change the fact they still don't have enough to survive on.