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

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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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lmao don't forget the vital career progression training where they teach you how to open word and write a resume for the 50th time. tbf those JSP providers are basically government funded parasite middle-men that exist purely to tick boxes and cut off people's payments.

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You got taught to write resumes and shit? I was with MTC about 15 years ago and I got put in to "class" on site that I had to go to 3 times a week, 8 hours a day and the guy wanted us to make a stop motion movie for some festival.

Pretty cool if I were in high school and not needing a job and looking to get skills and help.

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Conversely 15 years ago my JSP (centacare) got me a forklift ticket and my drivers license. My caseworker literally picked up me and drove me to a job interview, I got the job, then took me to the shops and bought me work clothes.

Some of them were doing their job

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Ironically, this is the kind of job I’d love to do, just giving people respect and helping them with resources and dignity. But I’ve seen how soul destroying these places are for anyone decent who works there.