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The Guardian - AU
The Guardian - AU
National
Cait Kelly

Major Australian employment service accused of claiming credit for work jobseeker found herself

People are seen outside a Centrelink office
Welfare advocates claim Australia’s unemployment system has rewarded job service providers, even when they have not helped jobseekers. Photograph: Jenny Evans/Getty Images

One of the country’s biggest job providers has been accused of claiming it referred a jobseeker into work she got herself, which could trigger publicly funded incentive payments.

In July, a New South Wales woman, who asked for her name not to be used, found herself a job as a youth worker just as she was accessing jobseeker and matched with employment service provider APM.

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