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Employment services aren't working for older jobseekers, jobactive staff or employers

  • Written by Dina Bowman, Principal Research Fellow, Research & Policy Centre, Brotherhood of St Laurence, and Honorary Senior Fellow, University of Melbourne
Employment services aren't working for older jobseekers, jobactive staff or employersWhile the federal government promotes the employment of older people through the jobactive network, in practice it's not working well for them.Australian Government/jobactive

While the mature-age unemployment rate is low compared to youth unemployment, older people are more likely to remain unemployed. The low rate of Newstart Allowance means they...

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