Mutual obligations can be “punitive” and a barrier to employment, according to the Labor party’s draft national platform, which advocates have welcomed as a step towards dumping requirements such as work for the dole.
The draft platform, sent to delegates on Monday ahead of Labor’s national conference in August, has dropped reference to supporting a “fair” system of mutual obligations alongside a range of other changes recognising affordable housing as a human right and recommitting to end LGBTIQ+ vilification.
