Jobseeker rights at risk under ‘sham’ mutual obligation rule change, welfare groups warn

Change will affect 144,000 jobseekers each year, with each to lose $450 in payments on average

Jobseekers could have their rights weakened and some will lose hundreds of dollars in payments under a government plan to update mutual obligation rules, welfare groups have warned.

The Morrison government is seeking the Senate’s support for a bill it says “streamlines” social security law and is aimed at reducing the “administrative burden” for welfare recipients.

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