Long overdue, although the wording doesn’t seem to be at all certain:
Labor will review the nature and extent of mutual obligations and develop a revised approach that provides the help people need and is based on trust and shared accountabilities for government, service providers and job seekers.
“Shared accountabilities” sounds a lot like mutual obligations, so I hope the actual implementation does cut WFTD (and other pointless and punitive busy work).
Also, Dutton showing how in touch with the times he is:
In May the opposition leader, Peter Dutton, called for work for the dole to be reinstated, apparently unaware that the program still exists.
Long overdue, although the wording doesn’t seem to be at all certain:
“Shared accountabilities” sounds a lot like mutual obligations, so I hope the actual implementation does cut WFTD (and other pointless and punitive busy work).
Also, Dutton showing how in touch with the times he is: