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Nearly 90% of jobseekers unable to get long-term work despite millions spent on private job agencies

Employment department’s annual report shows just 11.7% of jobseekers ended up with jobs lasting at least 26 weeks last year

The Guardian - AU · Nov 3, 2025

From jobseeker to the pension, Centrelink welfare payments are about to increase – slightly

Payments to increase on Saturday with indexation, with youth allowance to become $1,027.70 a fortnight and jobseeker to be $793.60 a fortnight

The Guardian - AU · Sep 17, 2025

Australia’s mutual obligation system is broken. Can apologies and reviews save it from suspension?

Senate estimates heard last week that IT failures meant more than $1.2m had to be repaid to some jobseekers and officials did not have ‘full confidence’ in the legality of the system

The Guardian - AU · Mar 4, 2025

Jobseeker endured 11 weeks without Centrelink payments but was still forced to attend job agency appointments

Advocates say government failing to meet ‘basic obligation’ to process claims quickly after Tim McCabe spent weeks with ‘no income’

The Guardian - AU · Jan 20, 2024

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

Exclusive: Documents seen by Guardian Australia suggest job provider APM referred woman for role she had already won; APM deny wrongdoing

The Guardian - AU · Dec 26, 2023

Jobseekers say Australia’s employment system forcing them into jobs with ‘terrible hours, conditions and pay’

Workers claim they have been forced to clean up human faeces, had payments cut off after a death in the family and have had to cancel work to attend provider appointments

The Guardian - AU · Dec 25, 2023

Skywhales grounded after 'bullets of wind' ripped breasts of sculpture

"This is what it is like in dealing with nature," the artist behind the sculptures said.

The Canberra Times · Jul 10, 2022

An Alleged Job Agent Appears To Tell A JobSeeker It’s His ‘Own Fault’ He’s Unemployed In Video

The Department of Social Services is investigating the "alleged conduct" by an alleged job agent towards a JobSeeker in the video.

Pedestrian.tv · Feb 24, 2022