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Abbott Government admits that unemployed job seekers may be forced to work aside criminals undertaking court-ordered community service as part of Tony Abbott’s new ‘work-for-the-dole’ scheme, spokeswoman for Assistant Employment Minister Luke Hartsuyker admits that “theres nothing that would prevent activities being conducted by both community-service orders and work for the dole at the same premises” smh.au/federal-politics/political-news/governments-work-for-the-dole-may-offer-same-jobs-as-community-service-placements-20140730-3cuiu.html New evidence from the Department of Employment shows that ‘work-for-the-dole’ has historically been one of the least effective means of getting people into full time employment, figures show that only 19.8% of all work-for-the-dole recipients have received employment within 3 months following participation with the scheme, this contrasts to new training programs which results in 28.4% of job seekers finding a job within 3 months theaustralian.au/national-affairs/policy/no-justification-for-failing-dole-schemes/story-fn59noo3-1227007878262 Liberal Democrat Senator David Leyonhjelm slams Tony Abbott’s ‘work-for-the-dole’ scheme as being ‘close to exploitation’, Leyonhjelm also attacks the new requirement for jobseekers to apply for 40 jobs a month as being ridiculous because it will seem lead to people applying for “everything in sight” regardless of their qualifications, Family First Senator Bob Day goes further and calls the new requirements “nuts and insane”, Day and Leyonhjelm call for radical industrial relations deregulation instead smh.au/federal-politics/political-news/coalition-plans-to-toughen-rules-for-job-seekers-are-close-to-exploitation-says-crossbench-senator-david-leyonhjelm-20140730-3ctwp.html Tony Abbott and Joe Jockey signal that they may be open to changing key elements of their unemployment reforms following intense opposition from crossbench Senators, welfare groups, jobs agencies, and the Council of Small Business of Australia, Hockey says the policy “is not set in concrete. If it doesn’t work, we are prepared to look at it because ultimately we are determined to try and get as many people into work as possible. That is our goal” afr/p/national/abbott_hockey_waver_on_benefit_plan_VirbRdNtcgzEy0SRUh8yMN Abbott Government considers proposal to force 2.5 million welfare recipients of “working-age payments” into a cashless world where 100% of their payments are income managed, Andrew Forrest hands the Abbott Government his final review into indigenous welfare and employment but goes well beyond his designated scope by recommending that his reform proposals be applied to all welfare recipients, Forrest recommends that the Abbott Government should force carers and Disability Support Pension recipients onto a strict income management system that would ban them from purchasing certain prohibited goods, Forrest then wants the income-management system commercialised and run by private banks, Forrest wants to end the current exemption on minimum job seeking requirements for domestic abuse victims and chronically ill individuals theaustralian.au/national-affairs/andrew-forrests-revolution-for-welfare/story-fn59niix-1227007938171
Posted on: Thu, 31 Jul 2014 00:53:41 +0000

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