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ParentsNext needs to be replaced, inquiry finds

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1 March 2023, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Parliamentary panel calls for sweeping changes to Coalition’s $484m program including easing harshest compliance requirements The chair of a parliamentary inquiry into the controversial ParentsNextA “pre employment” program targeting single parents with children under the age … program has described the suggestion that …

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Committee hears about punitive ParentsNext program

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18 January 2023, Guardian Australia, Stephanie Convery. Access the full article here. Committee hears ParentNext program is ‘punitive and prescriptive’, with threats of payment suspensions ‘significantly detrimental’ for families The chair of a parliamentary inquiry into the controversial ParentsNextA “pre employment” program targeting single parents with children under the age … program has described the …

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Single mum made to skip work to attend job agency

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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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ParentsNext providers made invalid claims for tax-payer funded bonuses

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2 September 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Noncompliant claims widespread across the $110m-a-year scheme, part of the federal government’s welfare-to-work system An audit has found job agencies running the federal government’s controversial ParentsNextA “pre employment” program targeting single parents with children under the age … welfare scheme have been making …

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ParentsNext program is ‘absolute scandal’

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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 ParentsNext program is not consistent with its commitment to gender equity, women’s advocates argue. In submissions …

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ParentsNext program is morally reprehensible

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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 ParentsNext program have called on the Albanese government to scrap compliance from …

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