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Centrelink mutual obligations scheme paused amid scrutiny on ‘failing systems’
(www.theguardian.com)
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Better yet, pause the whole thing for good because there is no value to this punitive system.
It’s a bullshit Morrison/Dutton policy that should be dumped for the trash that it is
I'm pretty sure it predates both. Early Howard era policy no?
You are correct Howard started it all - I was thinking about the points based system that Morrison introduced that flowed through to the new government.
https://www.theguardian.com/business/2022/jun/19/employment-minister-says-its-too-late-to-abandon-coalitions-points-based-jobseeker-payment-system