Centrelink queue blowout prediction after JobKeeper axed

Australia’s jobless rate is tipped to head north next month, amid forecasts that up to 150,000 people could have lost their job after a wage subsidy ended on March 31, says Roger Wilkins.

Liberal MP cans 'very unhelpful' JobSeeker changes

A Morrison Government backbencher has branded tougher JobSeeker mutual obligation rules an “increasingly meaningless” burden on the unemployed and employers.

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Govt toughens mutual obligation rules for Centrelink JobSeeker

More than 1.35 million JobSeeker recipients will soon need to start looking for more work or face cuts to their payments, with the Morrison government ratcheting up mutual obligation requirements wound down during the pandemic.