Parliamentary report slams mutual obligation, calling for total overhaul of employment services
- Written by Michelle Grattan, Professorial Fellow, University of Canberra
A parliamentary inquiry has delivered a scathing indictment of Australia’s employment services, finding it does not serve the interests of job seekers or employers and urging the privatised system be partially wound back.
A rigid approach to mutual obligation is killing unemployed people’s motivation, employers are flooded with...
