Job agencies running ParentsNext scheme made invalid claims for taxpayer-funded bonuses, audit finds

Noncompliant claims widespread across the $110m-a-year scheme, part of the federal government's welfare-to-work system

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An audit has found job agencies running the federal government's controversial ParentsNext welfare scheme have been making invalid claims for taxpayer-funded bonuses.

The $110m-a-year scheme, part of Australia's sprawling outsourced billion-dollar welfare-to-work system, pays companies and charities to provide guidance and support to single parents on benefits with children under six years old.

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