Five key changes to welfare and work rules in Labor’s employment white paper
by Paul Karp Chief political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#6F1HY)
Pensioners and jobseekers will be able to work more without losing payments, while Tafe and apprenticeships will get a funding boost in Working Future reforms
Job seekers will be able to work for longer while retaining social security concessions, and changes to allow pensioners to work more before payments are reduced will become permanent, under two major welfare law reforms.
The Albanese government will spend $85.2m over four years on the two measures, which are the centrepiece of nine new policies adopted through the employment white paper, titled Working Future, released on Monday.
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