4 July 2022, Vice Australia, John Buckley. Access the full article here. A new employment services platform is suggesting some job seekers apply for jobs out of state, for those who can access the service at all Countless Australian job seekers could find themselves facing payment delays for not reporting to Centrelink, after technical difficulties …
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7 July 2022, Vice Australia, John Buckley. Access the full article here. We can’t forget the distress caused by Robodebt. Members of the crossbench in both the Senate and Lower House have grown restless over the government’s treatment of job seekers this week, after countless welfare recipients were forced to grapple with an “unusable” new …
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2 November 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. One woman’s payments were suspended for not attending a compulsory activity while her son was in hospital, peak body says The Albanese government’s failure to wind up the controversial ParentsNextA "pre employment" program targeting single parents with children under the age ... program is not consistent with its commitment to gender equity, women’s advocates argue. In submissions …
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. …
16 June 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Survey of unemployed peopleWe draw a distinction between welfare recipients and unemployed peopleWe draw a distinction between welfare recipients and unemployed people. The latt.... The latt… suggests ‘harm was actually being designed into the system’, academic says The employment minister, Tony Burke, has been urged to pause a new “points-based” mutual obligationsParticipation requirements welfare recipients …
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17 January 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. People are being told they will have their benefits cut if they don’t attend job agency appointments, as government resists calls to pause ‘mutual obligation’ A woman with chronic illnesses and an immunocompromised partner and the single mother of a toddler are among …
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24 December 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Human Rights Commission says aspects of ParentsNextA “pre employment” program targeting single parents with children under the age … program have the ‘effect of penalising parents, overwhelmingly mothers’ Job agencies running the contentious ParentsNextA "pre employment" program targeting single parents with children under the age ... program have called on the Albanese government to scrap compliance from …
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 …
25 November 2021, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Those experiencing homelessness, living with disability or who are Indigenous hardest hit under Centrelink’s mutual obligation regime Tens of thousands of people experiencing homelessness, living with disabilities or who are Indigenous are being disproportionately affected by welfare payment suspensions under the mutual obligation …
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28 May 2021, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Both privatised job providers and employers are unsatisfied with the regime, a draft report says Privatised job agencies concluded welfare mutual obligationsParticipation requirements welfare recipients must fulfil each month to continue… did not “improve the likelihood of employment” for jobseekers in unreleased evidence …
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“Mutual” obligations are extremely stressful.