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Sonia Martin, Senior Lecturer in Social Work and Social Policy, Australian Catholic University

Labor’s JobSeeker reforms are a welcome step – but so far, fall short of a radical rebuild

The Albanese government has promised to undertake “once-in-a-generation” reforms of the government’s employment services system, which could affect the roughly one million Australians who access unemployment payments including JobSeeker.

Announcing the changes at the National Press Club on Wednesday, Employment and Workplace Relations Minister Amanda Rishworth said the current system was “ill-equipped to respond” to unemployed people’s needs and is:

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