Published: February 19, 2019
More than a million Jobactive participants had their Centrelink payments cut in the first six months of ‘punitive’ program
Welfare suspensions have increased 40% under the government’s new compliance regime, as new data reveals participants on Australia’s flagship jobs program had their payments temporarily cut off more than 1m times in six months.
And while the new system, which sees the unemployed handed “demerit points” for failing to meet their required activities, has also resulted in a dramatic reduction in the number of “financial penalties”, the new figures show small numbers of Australia’s most vulnerable job seekers are still being thrown off income support.
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