'Box-ticking': Liberal MP criticises Coalition's 'very unhelpful' welfare requirements

‘I fail to see how encouraging jobseekers to apply for jobs that they are in no way able to fill is helping anyone,’ Bridget Archer says

A federal Liberal MP has criticised the Coalition’s ramp-up of Centrelink mutual obligations requirements, labelling them “very unhelpful” and an “increasingly meaningless burden” on jobseekers and employers.

Bridget Archer made the comments on Tuesday night during a parliamentary debate about the government’s jobseeker bill, which will permanently raise the base rate of unemployment, student and parenting payments by $50 a fortnight but end the more generous coronavirus supplement from 1 April.

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