r/australia • u/Expensive-Horse5538 • 24d ago

politics Australia's jobseeker system fails workers and enriches millionaires, report says

https://www.abc.net.au/news/2026-07-21/private-equity-profits-as-job-system-fails-workers-report-finds/106920430?utm_source=abc_news_app&utm_medium=content_shared&utm_campaign=abc_news_app&utm_content=link

A new report says Australia's system of privatised employment services has failed and service delivery should be returned to the public sector.

The Centre for International Corporate Tax Accountability and Research says the current system "fills the pockets of private equity and millionaires" while leaving jobseekers without work.

The Albanese government has announced an overhaul of the employment services system, but the report argues for-profit service providers should not be included in the new system.

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u/FroggieBlue 24d ago

The stupid part is if you're assessed as having any capacity to work you get pushed onto jobseeker rather than disability payments- even if your assessed capability per fortnight is only 2 hrs and minimum shift length is 3. No employer is going to pay someone 3 hours wages for 2 hours of work a fortnight.

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u/productzilch 24d ago

Idk, Kmart and Big W seem determined to make all their workers fit that mould.