5 years ago
GOVERNMENT ATTACKS UNEMPLOYED TO DISTRACT FROM INTERNAL DIVISION
BRENDAN O’CONNOR MP
The Government’s attack on job seekers is a blatant attempt to distract from the division within the Government over raising the rate of Newstart.
Everyone other than this Government knows the current labour market system must work better, connecting unemployed Australians with decent, stable jobs.
Publicly shaming people struggling day by day is not helping them get in to work.
Labour market programs should be geared to making people more work-ready, help them get the skills they need, and help them to get a secure, decent job.
The Government is not getting people into work, failing to even respond to the Jobactive Senate inquiry, which reported in February this year.
Labor believes in mutual obligation arrangements for jobseekers, but that means the Government has an obligation to ensure that the job active service is value for money.
Rather than simply attacking people struggling to get work in order to distract from their own internal division, the Government should help people to get decent, secure work.
Everyone other than this Government knows the current labour market system must work better, connecting unemployed Australians with decent, stable jobs.
Publicly shaming people struggling day by day is not helping them get in to work.
Labour market programs should be geared to making people more work-ready, help them get the skills they need, and help them to get a secure, decent job.
The Government is not getting people into work, failing to even respond to the Jobactive Senate inquiry, which reported in February this year.
Labor believes in mutual obligation arrangements for jobseekers, but that means the Government has an obligation to ensure that the job active service is value for money.
Rather than simply attacking people struggling to get work in order to distract from their own internal division, the Government should help people to get decent, secure work.