Scrap ‘punitive’ mutual obligation system for Australia’s jobseekers, job agency tells inquiry
by Luke Henriques-Gomes Social affairs and inequality from World news | The Guardian on (#69W6T)
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 obligations system, with one calling for the requirements to be scrapped entirely.
A parliamentary inquiry which reports to the employment minister, Tony Burke, is currently investigating the scheme, which was established in the dying days of the former Coalition government.
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