Mastodawn

The Australian federal government has announced a structural three-tier overhaul of the Workforce Australia employment services system, officially removing the requirement for long-term jobseekers to submit endless job applications. #AusPol #WorkforceAustralia #Welfare #Employment
https://blazetrends.com/amanda-rishworth-halts-endless-job-applications-in-australian-employment-services-overhaul/?fsp_sid=20336

Amanda Rishworth halts endless job applications in Australian employment services overhaul

The Australian federal government has announced a sweeping overhaul of the country's employment services system to address long-term structural welfare

Blaze Trends

Peter Riley Jan 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 Elias Dec 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