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Mutual obligations make it harder to get a job

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15 June 2021, The Conversation, Ruud Gerards and Ricardo Welters. Access the full article here. Under so-called mutual obligation rules, the Australian government requires the unemployed to complete activities (including training and applying for a certain number of jobs) in return for receiving unemployment benefits. Failure to comply attracts demerit points which can lead to the loss of benefits. …

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Should Australian companies make millions out of people’s unemployment misery?

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27 August 2022, Guardian Australia, Malcom Farr. Access the full article here. Next week’s jobs summit seems like an opportune time to raise questions around the effectiveness of the privatised employment industry The government is about to launch what it hopes will be a rescue mission to relieve an understaffed and inflation-battered economy. Discussions on …

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Job agency says to scrap ‘mutual obligations’

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13 March 2023, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Another key industry player suggested government should shut down the work-for-the-dole scheme Some job agencies running the federal government’s flagship employment services program, Workforce Australia, are arguing for a review or overhaul of the mutual obligationsParticipation requirements welfare recipients must fulfil each month to …

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Welfare system puts disadvantaged at risk, ombudsman

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13 March 2023, Guardian Australia, Paul Karp. Access the full article here. Mutual obligationParticipation requirements welfare recipients must fulfil each month to continue… system subjects some participants to ‘punitive conditions’, commonwealth ombudsman says Australia’s mutual obligation system for welfare risks “subjecting disadvantaged participants to unreasonably onerous and punitive conditions”, the commonwealth ombudsman has warned. The …

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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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AimBig told to apologise over bullshit course

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17 January 2023, Guardian Australia, Stephanie Convery. Access the full article here. Participant in BusyBeans program told the disability royal commission the training left her with a ‘broken life’ A company that received nearly $1m in federal government funding has been advised by the disability royal commission to apologise and make appropriate redress to a …

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Chair of Workforce inquiry likens program to dystopian TV show

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4 October 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. MP Julian Hill says some ‘stunts’ in the employment services system only push people further into poverty A Labor MP has questioned the privatisation of the multi-billion-dollar employment services system, saying it’s failed to prepare many disadvantaged jobseekers for work and made others …

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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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AimBig loses contracts over poor performance

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24 August 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. AimBig one of 52 providers to lose market share in $1bn a year Disability Employment Services program A job agency that came under fire at the disability royal commission for a questionable barista course is among several providers stripped of contracts under a …

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New government flags employment services inquiry

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2 August 2022, Guardian Australia, Luke Henriques-Gomes. Access the full article here. Labor supported $1.5bn-a-year program implemented by Coalition but employment minister says some aspects require ‘scrutiny and oversight’ The Albanese government has flagged it may overhaul the $1.5bn-a-year Workforce Australia program after announcing a parliamentary committee to investigate its design. The employment minister, Tony …

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