Should Australian companies make millions out of people’s unemployment misery?

Unemployment has rarely been mentioned in the build-up to the jobs and skills summit, but the value and effectiveness of Australia’s system is increasingly being questioned. Photograph: Dan Peled/AAP

The government is about to launch what it hopes will be a rescue mission to relieve an understaffed and inflation-battered economy.

Discussions on what tumbril ministry collector Scott Morrison best fits will become a diminished priority as attention turns to fitting Australians into work.