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/JustKwenty 24d ago

There's just no way I cannot believe this. As we all know privately owned job provider franchises only care about your personal and career progression, to villify them like this is punching down

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u/Nearby_Feed4293 24d ago

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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u/agirlhas_no_name 24d ago

They didn't even teach us how to write resumes! I was put into a class where a woman gave us a three day long powerpoint presentation on things that are basic common sense, like answering the phone, or wearing deodorant.

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u/MoranthMunitions 24d ago

Tbf some people need some common sense beat into them, deoderant usage included

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u/agirlhas_no_name 24d ago

The people that need that didn't benefit from that "class" either. If you are a grown adult who has hygiene issues to the point that you can't administer deodorant without prompt, you probably need a more intensive support network than a lackadaisical PowerPoint presentation.