Senate inquiry found ParentsNext was causing ‘anxiety, stress and harm for parents across the country
The Coalition is set to make changes to the contentious ParentsNext welfare program after a scathing Senate inquiry report found it was causing “anxiety, stress and harm” for parents across the country.
But the changes, which are mostly administrative, are unlikely to blunt calls from welfare groups and the Greens for the entire program to be scrapped or made voluntary, amid claims from the Human Rights Commission that it breaches Australia’s human rights obligations.
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