Labor government makes tweaks to new system
Minister Tony Burke says the points system is “locked in” in response to calls for a “mutual” obligations suspension.
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Dramatic changes to Centrelink mutual obligations loom
9 June 2022, Evan Young and Norman Hermant, ABC News. Access the full article here. Fear and confusion from jobseekers as ‘dramatic’ changes to Centrelink mutual obligationsParticipation requirements welfare recipients must fulfil each month to continue... loom Welfare advocates say there is very little awareness about how the new system will work. At the start of July, jobactive — the Australian government’s main employment …
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Pushed to do jobs I had been injured doing
“Mutual” obligations are extremely stressful.
Only interested in keeping me on their books
It’s almost like the system is designed to keep people on or just above poverty line.
My study and work didn’t count
Providers are either in thrall to compliance or just go through the motions.
Tired of working hard and getting nowhere
I’m reluctant to sign up my 18yo for youth allowance as he’s bedbound and can’t meet mutual obligationsParticipation requirements welfare recipients must fulfil each month to continue....
Providers police welfare recipients and provide no support
The disability provider is no different to the provider I was previously assigned.
I fear the welfare system so I stay in bad situations
I will never recover. Centrelink has become part of my disability.
It’s humiliating and degrading
They are truly just awful. They aren’t interested in getting you a job at all.
They wouldn’t put staff on soiled items, only the indentured WftD slaves
I only cling to life out of spite for a government duopoly that hates me
Nobody wants to hire a person who uses a cane
I wasn’t able to think because of COVID booster side effects. I told the assessor and still had to go through the questions.