Jobseeker endured 11 weeks without Centrelink payments but was still forced to attend job agency appointments
by Cait Kelly Inequality reporter from World news | The Guardian on (#6J0MX)
Advocates say government failing to meet basic obligation' to process claims quickly after Tim McCabe spent weeks with no income'
A New South Wales jobseeker says he was forced to complete welfare mutual obligations - including a 50km round trip for job agency appointments and enrolling in training courses - despite receiving no welfare payments for 11 weeks.
Tim McCabe, 60, said he had applied for the jobseeker payment on 1 November after moving off a carer's payment when his mother died.
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