29 August 2020, The Saturday Paper, Rick Morton. Access the full article here. Government policies have seen the ‘unemployment industry’ paid millions during the pandemic, while jobless rates soar. When Employment Minister Michaelia Cash approved an advance payment worth more than $100 million for private job agencies to cover administration fees early in the coronavirus …
7 September 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Woman says job agency administering program also asked her to attend face-to-face meeting after major surgery Single mothers have told of having to miss paid work to attend a ParentsNextA “pre employment” program targeting single parents with children under the age … appointment …
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28 June 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. New employment services system should end activities that are unproductive and scrap automatic payment suspensions, Acoss report says Jobseekers are dissatisfied with the poor quality service and punitive treatment they’ve received under a $1bn-a-year privatised employment services program, according to a new report. …
24 July 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Australian Unemployed Workers’ Union survey reveals challenges for those seeking work, from lack of information to unreasonable demands Jobseekers have reported broad confusion about the new Workforce Australia system – including among the employment consultants tasked with running it – with some asked …
22 July 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Multiple complaints of baffling and unrealistic requirements have been reported as being set by employment agencies under the new program To go to work, or to attend an appointment to “find” work – that’s the question one worker is asking himself under the …
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15 July 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Another says experience of new points-based system has been ‘humiliating and degrading’ A man living in regional Victoria has been told to attend job agency appointments more than 60km away under the federal government’s new $1.5bn-a-year Workforce Australia program. And another jobseeker, who …
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14 August 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Nathan, now on disability support, says job providers did little to help his search while they claimed thousands of dollars each time he found work on his own After nearly 15 years navigating the system meant to help Australians find jobs, Nathan’s mental …
5 August 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Emma Rayward says the surveys used by job agency Asuria made her feel ‘uncomfortable’ and took up most of her appointment A jobseeker has questioned why her Workforce Australia provider made her complete an online personality test that asked how well she expressed …
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23 February 2022, SBS News, Eden Gillespie. Access the full article here. WISE Employment and the Department of Social Services have launched investigations into the alleged conduct shown in the video. A job agent has been captured on camera telling an unemployed man that it’s his own fault that he cannot find work. The video, …
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I will never recover. Centrelink has become part of my disability.
I only cling to life out of spite for a government duopoly that hates me