Peter RileyJan 21, 2024


In late November 2023 a damning review of the #WorkforceAustralia system said the decades-long full #privatisation of Australia’s employment services system had failed. But the committee shied away from abolishing #mutualobligation

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2024/jan/21/jobseeker-endured-11-weeks-without-centrelink-payments-but-was-still-forced-to-attend-job-agency-appointments

https://www.auwu.org.au/
#AUWU Australian Unemployed Workers Union #JobSeeker

https://www.theguardian.com/australia-news/2023/nov/30/australias-broken-employment-services-system-needs-public-provider-parliamentary-review-finds

Jobseeker endured 11 weeks without Centrelink payments but was still forced to attend job agency appointments

Advocates say government failing to meet ‘basic obligation’ to process claims quickly after Tim McCabe spent weeks with ‘no income’

The Guardian
Annie EliasDec 21, 2022
Aussies living longer and working smarter, we certainly need the workforce and people in their 70s enjoying working longer but smarter #age #work #agism #WorkforceAustralia #retirement
Aus UnemploymentDec 19, 2022

This policy is a joke and blatantly unfair by sheer 'luck of the draw'.

The shutdown will also affect participants with reporting obligations due after January 2 2023.

If that's you, please email us, we are marshalling complaints and media interest.

[email protected]

Merry Xmas, Tony Burke

#MutualObligations #AUWU #WorkForceAustralia #auspol