Life has become disproportionately harder for those on the lowest incomes and therefore welfare payments should be increased in the May budget, advocates say.
Life has become disproportionately harder for those on the lowest incomes and therefore welfare payments should be increased in the May budget, advocates say.
A New South Wales jobseeker says he was forced to complete welfare mutual obligations, including a 50km round trip for job agency appointments and enrolling in training courses, despite receiving no welfare payments for 11 weeks, reports The Guardian.
APM (ASX:APM), a major Australia-based job provider, has been accused of claiming it referred a jobseeker into work she got herself, according to documents seen by The Guardian