billy blog ... some alternative economic thinking

Today the Federal Government issued directions to Centrelink to take a tougher line with the unemployed by way of more onerous activity tests including more advanced dole diaries and audits. The targets are the long-term unemployed. At a recent conference in Sydney attended by many Job Network providers a common complaint was they are sending breaching orders to Centrelink who do not act upon them. What a place Australia has descended into. The JN providers are meant to be training the LTU and instead seek to punish them. The JN failure is exemplified by the so-called skills shortage in Au  More ...