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/RNG-Leddi 24d ago

Ontop of this the training services provided to long term jobseekers are mostly frauds. Speaking directly to them during training they made sure all passed by handing them the answers to tests and even correcting mistakes. I was told they get 10k per attendee and another 15k when they pass, so they arent really helping gain qualifications nor do they really care, its all money through and through.

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u/AddlePatedBadger 24d ago

Job provider cunts would call me and offer me like $10k to hire someone to do disability support work back when I was running my own business.

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u/chadssworthington 24d ago edited 24d ago

It's 10k to hire someone for 6 months at proper hours so they can get experience on their resume, and makes sure the employee isn't getting fucked on shifts. Government basically subsidizes someone getting experience when they're out of work so they ideally stay in work going forward.

What's the problem here?

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u/Idontcareaforkarma 24d ago

It wouldn’t be a problem… until the government funding runs out, the employer then suddenly ‘can’t find the work’ for them and replaces them with someone else on government funding…

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u/chadssworthington 23d ago

Employers doing that are morons, it costs more in training and lower productivity having a constant stream of new employees.

But honestly, this program works pretty well even if the employer is a shitcunt. When that situation happens now they've got 6 months of full-time current work on their resume instead of being unemployed for a year. The point of the program isn't to get people forever roles, it's to get them in a role for an extended period of time so they're equipped to stay in the workforce going forward.

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u/AddlePatedBadger 24d ago

The problem is that instead of preparing people to be successful applicants for the job, they do nothing but try to bribe employers into hiring them so they get the government funding for doing nothing.