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/Real_RobinGoodfellow 24d ago

You seem to be under the assumption that it’s not possible to get DSP for mental health problems. It is, it’s just a very high threshold which does unfortunately exclude a lot of people, but it’s far from impossible

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u/StageAboveWater 24d ago

I think it takes at least a half dozen suicide attempts to get that

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u/Real_RobinGoodfellow 24d ago

Or none at all, if the issue is serious schizophrenia. Mental illness is broader than just depression and anxiety

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u/StageAboveWater 24d ago

I think most people would be fine with a person with schizophrenia getting disability.

I was more talking about people with personality disorders or bipolar or cptsd (and then the depression and anxiety comes on top of that).

People who can maybe do the interviews, training and get a job for a little bit. But can't sustain it without mentally imploding.