Jobseeker asked to choose between work and job agency appointments under Workforce Australia system

Multiple complaints of baffling and unrealistic requirements have been reported as being set by employment agencies under the new program

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To go to work, or to attend an appointment to find" work - that's the question one worker is asking himself under the federal government's new Workforce Australia employment services system.

The 62-year-old is the latest jobseeker in the new $1.3bn-a-year Workforce Australia program to complain about the baffling mutual obligations he must fulfil.