18 August 2022, SBS News, Jessica Bahr. Access the full article here. Australia’s unemployment rate has dropped to a historic low, but some groups are being left behind. Why? Unemployment numbers in Australia have hit record lows for the past few months, but these patterns aren’t echoed across all demographics. According to June data from …
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Providers are either in thrall to compliance or just go through the motions.
“Mutual” obligations are extremely stressful.
It’s almost like the system is designed to keep people on or just above poverty line.
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....
I wasn’t able to think because of COVID booster side effects. I told the assessor and still had to go through the questions.
My provider caused a problem with my poverty payment
It’s bloody hard work out on the trucks picking up and delivering furniture.
The job was meant to be landscaping. I am physically disabled and at the time had no access to a wheelchair.
They have criminalised unemployment, turned providers into probation and parole offices staffed by quasi police officers.