A Labor MP has questioned the privatisation of the multi-billion-dollar employment services system, saying it’s failed to prepare many disadvantaged jobseekers for work and made others less employable by demeaning them.
In his first public comments after being appointed chair of a parliamentary inquiry into the sector, Julian Hill also took specific aim at work for the dole and said parts of the welfare compliance regime resembled the TV show Squid Game, in which contestants compete in do-or-die trials.
