New rules for a million Aussies on Centrelink payment as changes to employment system announced

Changes to the obligations and support services for Aussies on Job Seeker payments will be formally announced today.

The government's proposed changes to the unemployment system, explained

The federal government has proposed changes to Australia's $2 billion employment services system to make them “more responsive, effective and dignified”.

New rules for millions on Centrelink payments as overhaul to employment services announced

The Labor government is announcing a major overhaul of the employment services industry and the rules that jobless Aussies face when navigating unemployment. The current system of mutual obligations ...

Fortnightly Centrelink payments going up: Age Pension, JobSeeker, Disability Support among increases

The payment rates for Age Pension, Carer Payment, and Disability Support Pension increased from Saturday, with the new ...

Calls for Centrelink rule change after government admits Jobseeker payments were wrongly cut off

The Albanese government is being urged not to return to a system that enacts income support payment cancellation penalties ...
Opinion

Labor’s JobSeeker reforms are a welcome step – but so far, fall short of a radical rebuild

The Albanese government has promised to undertake “once-in-a-generation” reforms of the government’s employment services system, which could affect the roughly one million Australians who access ...