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Labor to announce easing of jobseeker mutual obligations requirements in major overhaul of employment system

Employment minister Amanda Rishworth plans to move system from a ‘one size fits all’ employment services model to three streams of supportGet our breaking news email, free app or daily news podcastThe Albanese government has flagged a major overhaul of Australia’s employment system, with minister Am...

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The Guardian
by Josh Butler
Labor to announce easing of jobseeker mutual obligations requirements in major overhaul of employment system

Employment minister Amanda Rishworth plans to move system from a ‘one size fits all’ employment services model to three streams of support

The Albanese government has flagged a major overhaul of Australia’s employment system, with minister Amanda Rishworth on Wednesday expected to outline plans to ease Centrelink’s much-maligned mutual obligations regime.

Rishworth is expected to tell the National Press Club that mutual obligation requirements were not helping Australians find work in a system that was “ill-equipped” and wasting the time of people who use welfare.

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